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Part  XXIX  of  a  Narrative  and  Critical  History 

prepared  at  the  request  of 

The  Pennsylvania-German  Society 


By  rev.  WILLIAM  JOHN  HINKE,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

Professor  of  Semitic  Languages  and  Religions  in  Auburn  Theological  Seminary, 
Auburn,  New  York 


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PREFACE. 

Reformed  Church  History  In  this  country  has  long  been 
a  subject  of  study.      It  Is  Interesting  to  note  that  the  first 
printed  history  of  the  Reformed  Church  In  the  United 
States  was  published  not  In  America  but  In  Germany.     In 
the  year  1846,  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  G.  Buettner,  the  first  pro- 
fessor of  the  first  Theological  Seminary  In  the  State  of 
Ohio,  published  "  Die  Hochdeutsche  Reformlrte  KIrche  In 
den  Verelnlgten  Staaten  von  Nord-Amerlka,"  In  Schlelz, 
Germany.     But  even  before  that  time,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lewis 
Mayer,  the  first  professor  of  the  Reformed  Theological 
Seminary  at  York,  Pa.,  had  been  busy  gathering  materials 
for  the  history  of  the  Reformed  Church.     Unfortunately 
he  died  at  York,  In  1849,  before  he  had  fully  utilized  the 
documents  he  had  so  carefully  collected  and  copied.     Only 
a  brief  sketch  from  his  pen  appeared  in  I.  Daniel  Rupp's 
"  History  of  the  Religious  Denominations  in  the  United 
States,"  Philadelphia,  1844.     A  few  years  afterwards  the 
Rev.  Dr.  John  W.  Nevin  included  a  sketch  of  the  German 
Reformed  Church  In  America  in  his  "  History  and  Genius 
of  the  Heidelberg  Catechism,"  Chambersburg,  1847.     I'^ 
It  he  lamented  that  the  Journal  of  Michael  Schlatter  was 
"the  only  record  we  have  on  the  general  state  of  the 
American  German  Reformed  Church  In  the  middle  of  the 
last  century." 

^^  In  1849,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Philip  Schaff  published  In  his 
"KIrchenfreund,"  Vol.  II,  a  series  of  three  articles  on  the 
"History  of  the  German  Church  in  America,"  In  which  he 
traced  the  origin  and  growth  of  the  Reformed  and  Lu- 
theran churches  through  three  successive  periods. 


vi  Preface. 

But  the  man  who  may  well  be  called  the  father  of  Re- 
formed history  in  America  was  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Har- 
baugh.  He  not  only  secured  the  manuscripts  and  docu- 
ments of  Dr.  Mayer  for  the  use  of  the  church  and  added 
to  them  many  others  which  he  collected  himself,  but  upon 
the  basis  of  these  documents  he  wrote  two  splendid  vol- 
umes, which  told  the  story  of  Reformed  history  in 
America  with  such  real  enthusiasm  and  beauty  of  style, 
that  they  have  always  remained  sources  of  inspiration  for 
later  students.  They  were:  "Schlatter's  Life  and  Trav- 
els," Philadelphia,  1857,  and  "The  Fathers  of  the  Re- 
formed Church,"  Vol.  I,  Philadelphia,  1857.  In  1872, 
Dr.  Harbaugh  added  a  second  volume  to  the  "  Fathers " 
of  the  church.  In  these  volumes  the  lives  and  labors  of 
the  most  important  German  Reformed  ministers  in  Amer- 
ica were  set  forth. 

It  remained  for  a  former  president  of  the  Pennsylvania 
German  Society,  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Joseph  H.  Dubbs,  to 
write  the  first  connected  history  in  his  "  Historic  Manual 
of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States,"  Lancaster, 
1885.  Later  he  corrected  and  completed  the  story  in  his 
contribution  to  the  "American  Church  History  Series," 
Vol.  VIII,  New  York,  1895,  and  especially  in  his  beauti- 
fully illustrated  and  well-written  work  "The  Reformed 
Church  in  Pennsylvania,"  published  by  our  Society  in  1902 
as  part  IX  of  its  "Narrative  and  Critical  History." 

A  new  era  was  ushered  in,  however,  in  1 895-1 898, 
when  the  rich  treasures  of  manuscripts  and  documents, 
stored  in  the  archives  of  the  Reformed  Church  of  Holland, 
were  discovered  and  made  accessible  to  American  students. 
It  was  in  this  connection  that  the  writer  first  became  inter- 
ested in  Reformed  Church  history.  In  the  summer  of 
1897,  his  friend  and  colleague,   the   Rev.   Dr.  James  I. 


Preface.  vii 

Good,  asked  him  to  go  to  Holland,  in  order  to  copy  and 
photograph  the  records  which  had  been  found.  He  car- 
ried out  this  commission  in  the  summers  of  1897  and  1898, 
with  the  result  that,  on  the  basis  of  the  newly  found  docu- 
ments, the  history  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United 
States  could  be  entirely  rewritten.  This  was  done  by  Dr. 
Good  in  his  important  book  "  History  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  United  States,  1725-1792,"  Reading,  1899. 

The  writer  himself  had  the  privilege  of  translating  and 
editing  two  volumes  of  documents,  in  1903  the  "  Minutes 
and  Letters  of  the  Coetus  of  Pennsylvania,"  and  in  19 16 
the  "  Life  and  Letters  of  the  Rev.  John  Philip  Boehm." 
They  have  placed  German  Reformed  Church  History  in 
America  upon  a  safe  foundation. 

But  there  are  other  sources  of  Reformed  history  which 
ought  to  be  made  accessible  to  students.  By  no  means  the 
least  important  of  them  are  the  church  records  of  the 
oldest  Reformed  congregations.  This  volume  may  be  re- 
garded as  a  contribution  to  that  subject.  These  church 
records  have  long  been  an  object  of  serious  study  by  the 
writer.  Even  before  the  year  1900  he  had  copied  the  first 
volume  of  the  Goshenhoppen  records.  It  was  published 
in  1900  in  Mr.  Dotterer's  "  Perkiomen  Region,"  volume 
III,  and  later,  with  notes,  in  the  American  Monthly  Maga- 
zine of  the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  Vol.  XLII,  19 13.  It  is  now  republished, 
with  some  corrections,  together  with  the  other  volumes  of 
church  records,  which,  when  combined  and  correctly  inter- 
preted, tell  the  story  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge.  It  is 
such  a  complicated  story,  that  the  records  by  themselves 
were  insufficient  to  unravel  the  various  difficulties  and  per- 
plexities. They  became  intelligible  only  when  studied  in 
the  light  of  all  the  evidence  which  had  become  available  in 


viii  Preface. 

Europe  and  America.  In  the  history  of  the  Goshenhop- 
pen  churches  the  writer  has  made  use  of  all  the  documents 
which  have  come  to  light,  with  the  result  that  he  has  been 
able  to  piece  together  a  fairly  complete  and  well-authenti- 
cated history.  The  manuscript  was  prepared  in  19 14, 
hence  many  letters  of  Boehm  are  quoted  more  at  length 
than  they  would  have  been  if  written  after  the  appearance 
of  Boehm's  letters  in  19 16. 

There  only  remains  for  the  writer  the  pleasant  duty  to 
express  his  deep  obligation  to  the  pastors  of  the  churches 
whose  records  are  published  in  this  volume.  They  placed 
most  readily  and  gladly  all  their  records  and  other  his- 
torical documents  at  his  disposal.  They  answered  letters 
and  sent  photographs,  most  of  which  could  unfortunately 
not  be  utilized,  because  of  the  high  cost  of  engraving  at 
the  present  time.  The  completeness  of  the  book  owes 
much  to  their  kind  cooperation.  The  writer  is  under  spe- 
cial obligation  to  his  dear  friend,  the  Rev.  John  B.  Stoudt, 
who  first  encouraged  him  to  undertake  the  writing  of  this 
history,  and  then  gave  his  most  loyal  assistance  in  every 
difficulty  that  arose.  To  him  the  book  is  most  fittingly 
dedicated  as  a  token  of  the  author's  indebtedness  and 
appreciation. 

William  J.  Hinke. 

Auburn, 

October  15,  1919. 


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Introduction    5-i8 

The  Goshenhoppen  Region — Its  Extent — Its  First  Appearance — 
Forms  of  the  Name — Old  and  New  Goshenhoppen — First  Immi- 
gration in  1710 — The  Rev.  Paulus  Van  Vlecq — ^The  Reformed 
Church  at  Whitemarsh — Its  First  Members — First  Reformed  Set- 
tlers in  Perkiomen  Valley — Immigration  about  1720 — The  Rev. 
John  Philip  Boehm — His  First  Churches — Earliest  Reformed  Set- 
tlers in  Goshenhoppen — Indian  Legend. 

CHAPTER  I. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss,  1727- 
1730  19-70 

First  Service  of  Weiss  at  Goshenhoppen — Peter  Miller's  Refer- 
ence to  Weiss — Weiss  at  Heidelberg  University — The  Weiss 
Family  at  Eppingen — Arrival  of  the  Ship  William  and  Sarah — 
Captain's  List  of  Passengers — Signers  of  Oath  of  Allegiance — 
Weiss  the  Leader  of  the  Colony — Certificate  of  Weiss's  Ordina- 
tion— John  Philip  Boehm  in  the  Perkiomen  Valley — Opposition  of 
Weiss  to  Boehm — Mr.  Andrews  on  Weiss — Ordination  of  Boehm — 
Weiss  at  Goshenhoppen — Book  against  Newborn — Book  on  Indians 
— Condition  of  Reformed  people  at  Philadelphia — Weiss  adver- 
tising for  Pupils — Collecting  Tour  of  Weiss  and  Reiff  to  Holland 
— Its  Origin — Its  Object — Reiff's  Account  of  Tour — Power  of 
Attorney  given  to  Reiff — Letter  of  Skippack  Church — Weiss  and 
Reiff  in  Holland— Expenses  of  Tour — The  First  Printed  Report  on 
Reformed  Church  of  Pennsylvania — Departure  of  Weiss  from 
Philadelphia. 

CHAPTER  II. 
Ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  Peter  Miller,  i  730-1 734 -71-95 

His  Matriculation  in  Heidelberg  University — His  Life  in  Ger- 
many— His  Father — His  Arrival  in  Pennsylvania — His  Meeting 
with    Boehm — His    Activity,-    at   Skippack    and   Philadelphia — His 


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Ordination  by  the  Presbyterians — His  Pastorate  at  Goshenhoppen 
— In  the  Conestoga  Valley — Letter  of  Conrad  Tempelman — Pastor 
at  Muddy  Creek,  Reyer's,  Zeltenreich  and  Cocalico — His  Activity 
at  Tulpehocken— The  Three  Reformed  Churches  in  the  Goshen- 
hoppen Region — His  Conversion  in  May,  1735 — Provost  Acrelius 
regarding  Miller — Miller  and  Conrad  Weiser — Miller's  Own  Ac- 
count of  his  Conversion — Boehm's  Account  of  Goshenhoppen  in 
1734 — Miller's  Death  and  Tombstone. 

CHAPTER  III. 
Ministry  of  John  Henry  Goetschy,  i  735-1 740 96-130 

Arrival  in  Philadelphia — Rev.  Maurice  Goetschy — Departure 
of  Colony  from  Zurich — Journey  down  the  Rhine — Their  Expe- 
riences in  Holland — Emigrants  in  Goetschy's  Colony — Letter  of 
John  Henry  Goetschy — Application  to  Presbyterians  for  Ordina- 
tion— Activity  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp — Boehm 
regarding  New  Goshenhoppen — Boehm  regarding  Goetschy — 
Goetschy's  Missionary  Activity — Goetschy  Circulating  Letter  of 
Wilhelmius — The  Goshenhoppen  Churches  Subscribing  for  Pas- 
tor's Salary — Ordination  of  Goetschy  by  Dorsius  in  1741 — 
Goetschy's  Activity  in  Dutch  Reformed  Church — His  Death  in 
1774- 

CHAPTER  IV. 
Ministry  of  the  Rev.   Peter  Henry  Dorsius,    1741- 
1744   131-148 

The  Dutch  Reformed  in  Bucks  County  seeking  Pastor  in  1730 — 
Wilhelmius  Secures  Dorsius — His  Studies  in  Holland — His  Family 
at  Moers — His  Journey  to  America — Boehm  and  Dorsius — His 
Activity  at  Goshenhoppen — His  Journey  to  Holland  and  Return  to 
Pennsylvania — Boehm's  Account  of  Goshenhoppen  in  1744 — Decla- 
ration of  Trust  by  Elders — Return  of  Dorsius  to  Holland. 

CHAPTER  V. 
Ministry  OF  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller,  1745-1748. 149-157 

Schlatter  regarding  Mueller  at  Goshenhoppen — Arrival  of  Mueller 
in  Pennsylvania — Schlatter  and  Weiss  at  Goshenhoppen — Letter  of 
Mueller  to  Schlatter — Departure  of  Mueller  from  Goshenhoppen — 
His  Ministry  at  Berne — At  Longswamp — At  Muddy  Creek — At 
Coventry — At  Hain's  Church — At  Lebanon  and  Swatara — Muel- 
ler's Doubles. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss,  1746- 
1761    158-192 

Weiss  in  New  Yoric  State — His  Return  to  Pennsylvania — Weiss 
in  the  Coetus — Schlatter  regarding  Weiss — Letter  of  Weiss  to 
Schlatter — Debt  on  Old  Goshenhoppen  Church  Paid — Events  of 
the  Year  1750  at  Goshenhoppen — Church  Farm  at  New  Goshen- 
hoppen— Weiss  Welcoming  Schlatter  and  Six  New  Ministers — 
Schlatter  Bibles  Distributed — Division  in  Coetus — Donations  from 
Holland — Congregational  Activity — Subscriptions  for  Church  Land 
at  Great  Swamp — Disposal  of  Mr.  Weiss's  Property — Inventory 
and  Account  of  His  Estate — Will  of  Mrs.  Anna  Weiss — Letters  of 
David  Schultze. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

The  Period  of  Supplies,  1762-1766 193-214 

Otterbein  Called  but  Declines — (i)  Ministry  of  John  Philip 
Leydich — His  Pastorates — His  Activity  in  the  Coetus — His  Home 
— His  Death — (2)  Ministry  of  Philip  Jacob  Michael — His  Arrival 
in  Pennsylvania — His  Pastorates — His  Appearance  Before  Coetus 
— Chaplain  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution — His  Activity  After  the 
War— His  Will— (3)  Ministry  of  Jacob  Riess— His  Arrival  in 
Philadelphia — His  Pastorates — His  Activity  at  Goshenhoppen — 
Hi?  Death — (4)  Ministry  of  John  Rudolph  Kittweiler — His  Arri- 
val— His  Pastorates — His  Activity  and  Death  at  Great  Swamp — 
Patent  for  Great  Swamp  Church  Land. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr.,  1766- 
1779   215-223 

His  Birth  and  Training  in  Germany — His  Certificate  from 
Palatinate  Consistory — Letter  of  Alsentz  to  Faber — His  Marriage — 
His  Activity  in  the  Goshenhoppen  Churches — Called  by  Lancaster 
Church — Faber  Preaching  at  Tohickon — Progress  of  the  Goshen- 
hoppen Churches  under  his  Ministry — Call  to  Lancaster  Church. 


xii  Table  of  Contents. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  William   Ingold,    1780- 
1781    224-229 

His  Life  in  Germany — His  Arrival  in  America — His  Checkered 
Career — His  Activity  at  Old  Goshenhoppen — Supplies  at  Great 
Swamp  and  New  Goshenhoppen — His  Pastorate  at  Reading — At 
Indianfield  and  Tohickon— Death  of  His  Wife — Leaves  Ministry. 

CHAPTER  X. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  Delliker,  i  782-1 784, 

230-234 

The  Delliker  Family  at  Zurich — His  Parents — His  Ministry  in 
Europe — Arrival  in  Pennsylvania — Pastorate  in  New  Jersey — His 
Pastoral  Activity  at  Goshenhoppen — At  Falkner  Swamp. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  William  Van  Der 
Sloot,  Sr.,  1784-1786 235-237 

His  Life  in  Europe — His  Ministerial  Descent — Arrival  in  Penn- 
sylvania— Activity  at  Goshenhoppen — Ministry  in  Northampton 
County. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

Second  Ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  Theobald  Faber, 
Sr.,  1786-1788  238-240 

Pastorate  at  Indianfield  and  Tohickon — His  Return  to  Goshen- 
hoppen— His  Pastoral  Activity — His  Sudden  Death. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
Ministry  of  the  Rev.  Nicholas  Pomp,  i  789-1 792.  .   241-248 

Call  of  Rev.  N.  Pomp — Letter  of  Pomp  to  Goshenhoppen 
Churches — Autobiography  of  Pomp — Pastorate  at  Goshenhoppen — 
At  Indianfield  and  Tohickon — At  Falkner  Swamp — His  Book 
against  Universalism. 


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CHAPTER  XIV. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr.,  1791- 
1807   249-255 

His  Youth  and  Training — Licensure  and  Ordination — Letter  of 
Delliker  to  Faber — Pastoral  Activity  at  Goshenhoppen — School- 
masters at  Old  Goshenhoppen — Activity  at  Great  Swamp — Letter 
of  Senn  to  Faber — Call  to  New  Holland. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

Ministry  of  the   Rev.   Albert   Helffenstein,    1808- 
181 1    256-258 

His  Birth  and  Training — Examination  and  Ordination — Pas- 
toral  Activity  at   Goshenhoppen — Later  Pastorates — His   Death. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

Ministry  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  William  Van  Der 
Sloot,  Jr.,   1812-1818    259-266 

His  Life  in  Germany — Arrival  in  Pennsylvania — Licensure  and 
Ordination — Pastorate  in  Northampton  County — His  Marriage — 
At  Germantown — At  Goshenhoppen — His  Appearance — Pastorate 
in  Philadelphia — In  Virginia — In  York  and  Adams  Counties — His 
Death. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

Division  of  Charge  and  Second  Pastorate  of  the  Rev. 
John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr.,  1819-1833  267-271 

Call  of  Goshenhoppen  to  Faber — Old  Goshenhoppen  Separates 
from  Charge — Rev.  Jacob  William  Dechant  at  Old  Goshenhop- 
pen— Upper  Milford  Added  to  Charge  of  Faber — Faber's  Sudden 
Death. 


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SECOND    PART.     GOSHENHOPPEN    CHURCH 
RECORDS. 

New  Goshenhoppen  Records 272-385 

A.  Volume  I,  1731-1761    272-311 

Lists  of  Members   272 

1.  Baptisms  by  John  Peter  Miller 277 

2.  Baptisms  b}'  John  Henry  Goetschy 281 

3.  Baptisms  by  Peter  Henry  Dorsius 284 

4.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller 286 

5.  Baptisms  by  George  Michael  Weiss 288 

6.  Marriages  by  George  Michael  Weiss 301 

7.  Catechumens  of  George  Michael  Weiss 307 

8.  Miscellaneous  Entries  by  John  Henry  Goetschy  311 
B-  Volume  H,  1762-1832 312-384 

I.  Baptismal   Records    312-353 

1.  Baptisms  by  Jacob  Riess   312 

2.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr.  .  .    314 

3.  Baptisms  by  Supplies 329 

4.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Delliker 330 

5.  Baptisms    by    Frederick   Wm.    Van    der 

Sloot,  Sr 334 

6.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr.  .  .  335 

7.  Baptisms  by  Nicholas  Pomp   340 

8.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr..  .  341 

9.  Baptisms  by  Albert  Helffenstein 345 

10.  Baptisms    by    Frederick    Wm.    Van    der 

Sloot,  Jr 347 

11.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,,  Jr. .  .   348 

12.  Baptisms  by  Later  Hands 352 

H.  Burial  Records   353-362 

1.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr.  ...   353 

2.  Burials  by  Frederick  Delliker 359 

3.  Burials  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot, 

Sr 359 


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4.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr.  ...   360 

5.  Burials  by  Nicholas  Pomp 361 

6.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr.  ...   361 

III.  Marriage  Records 362-369 

1.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr. .   362 

2.  Marriages  by  Frederick  Delliker 366 

3.  Marriages  by   Frederick  Wm.   Van   der 

Sloot,  Sr 367 

4.  Marriages  of  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr..  367 

5.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr..  368 

6.  Marriages  by  Albert  Helffenstein 369 

IV.  Catechumens,   1 767-1 808   370 

V.  Communicants,   1809-1815 379 

Old  Goshenhoppen  Record,  i  764-1 833  386-436 

I.  Baptismal  Records    386-417 

1.  Baptisms  by  Jacob  Riess 385 

2.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr- 386 

3.  Baptisms  by  John  William  Ingold 399 

4.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Delliker 400 

5.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot,  Sr.  402 

6.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 402 

7.  Baptisms  by  Nicholas  Pomp 405 

8.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr 408 

9.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot,  Jr.  409 
10.  Baptisms  by  Jacob  W.  Dechant 410 

II.  Burial  Records   418-423 

1.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 418 

2.  Burials  by  Frederick  Delliker 422 

3.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 422 

4.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr 423 

III.  Marriage  Records 424-428 

1.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 424 

2.  Marriages  by  Frederick  Delliker 427 

3.  Marriages  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot, 

Sr 427 

4.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 428 

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IV.  Catechumens,  1 767-1 794   428 

V-  Communicants,    18 13-1 81 5    434 

Great  Swamp  Record,  1736-1833 437-479 

I.  Baptismal  Records   437-464 

1.  Baptisms  by  John  Henr>'  Goetschy 439 

2.  Baptisms  by  George  Michael  Weiss 439 

3.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 442 

4.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Delliker 450 

5.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot,  Sr.  452 

6.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 453 

7.  Baptisms  by  Nicholas  Pomp 456 

8.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr 457 

9.  Baptisms  by  Albert  Helffenstein 458 

10.  Baptisms  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot,  Jr.  460 

1 1.  Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr 461 

II.  Burial  Records   464-469 

1.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 464 

2.  Burials  by  Frederick  Delliker 467 

3.  Burials  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot,  Sr..  467 

4.  Burials  by  Nicholas  Pomp 468 

5.  Burials  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr 468 

III.  Marriage   Records    469-472 

1.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 469 

2.  Marriages  by  Frederick  Delliker 471 

3.  Marriages  by  Frederick  Wm.  Van  der  Sloot, 

Sr.    471 

4.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr 471 

5.  Marriages  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr 472 

IV.  Catechumens,  1 767-1 795   472 

V.  Communicants,    1814-1818    477 

Index    480 


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Table  of  Contents.  xvii 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Autographs. 

Page 

John  Philip  Boehm 40 

George  Michael  Weiss 45 

John  Philip  Boehm 51 

John  Bartholomew  Rieger 78 

Peter  Miller   92 

John  Henry  Goetschius   118 

John  Conrad  Wuertz 120 

Michael  Schlatter 161 

John  Philip  Leydich 195 

Title  Pages. 

Book  of  Weiss  against  Newborn 42 

Circular  Letter  of  Reformed  Ministers 167 

Pomp's  Book  against  Universalists 248 

List  of  Plates. 

Facing  Page 
Frontispiece.     Pennsylvania  Documents  in  Archives  at  The 
Hague,  Holland 

Title  Page  of  New  Goshenhoppen  Record,  1736 118 

Old  Goshenhoppen  Church,  built  1744 142 

Cornerstone  of  Old  Goshenhoppen  Church,  1744 144 

House  of  William  Dewees,  Whitemarsh 144 

The  Rev.  Michael  Schlatter 150 

New  Goshenhoppen  Church,  1 770-1857 220 

Organ  of  New  Goshenhoppen  Church 222 

The  Rev.  Clement  Z.  Weiser 270 


y 


'HE  region  commonly  known  as  Goshenhoppen 
J  ^  extends  along  the  Perkiomen  Creek,   in  the 

M    I  upper  end  of  Montgomery  County,  Pa.,  and 

^^^^  i  covers  also  small  strips  of  land  in  the  adjacent 
^^^^  counties  of  Berks,  Lehigh  and  Bucks.  Ac- 
cording to  Dr.  C.  Z.  Weiser^  it  is  a  tract 
"perhaps  ten  miles  long  and  five  miles  wide"  which  ex- 
tends "  from  Treichlersville  [Lehigh  County]  to  Sumney- 
town  [Montgomery  County],  north  and  south  and  from 
the  Bucks  County  line  to  the  Perkiomen,  east  and  west. 
It  is  a  region  rather  than  a  township." 

The  name  first  appears  in  the  public  records  of  the  prov- 
ince in  the  year  1728,-  when  on  May  17,  1728,  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Colebrookedale  addressed  a  petition  to  the  gover- 
nor, asking  for  relief  against  the  Indians.  They  report 
that  "  we  have  Suffered  and  is  like  to  sufer  By  the  Ingians, 
they  have  fell  upon  ye  Back  Inhabitors  about  falkners 

1  See  C.  Z.  Weiser's  Monograph  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great 
Siaamp  Charge,  1731-1881,  Reading,  1882,  p.  5;  also  his  statement  in 
Dotterer's  Perkiomen  Region,  Vol.  I,  p.  64. 

-  See  Pennsylvania  .'I r chives,  First  Series,  Vol.  I,  p.  213  f. 

S 


6  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Swamp,  &  near  Coshahopin.  Therefore,  we  the  humble 
Petitioners,  With  our  poor  Wives  &  Children  Do  humbly 
Beg  of  your  Excellency  To  Take  It  into  Consideration 
and  Relieve  us  the  Petitioners  hereof,  Whos  Lives  Lies 
at  Stake  With  us  and  our  poor  Wives  &  Children  that  is 
more  to  us  than  Life.  Therefore,  We  the  humble  Peti- 
tioners hereof.  Do  Desire  An  Answer  from  your  Excel- 
lency By  ye  Bearer  with  Speed,  so  no  more  at  present  from 
your  poor  afflicted  People  Whose  names  are  here  Sub- 
scribed." 

Among  the  48  signers  to  this  petition  are  several,  like 
Christian  Neuschwanger,  John  Mayer,  Christopher 
Schmidt  and  Peter  Bohn,  who  appear  also  as  members  of 
the  Reformed  church  at  Skippack.^ 

The  name  of  the  district  was  variously  spelled.  In  the 
Journal  kept  in  the  Land  Office  of  the  Proprietaries'*  it 
appears  as  Cowessahopin,  Cowessehoppen,  Cowissehop- 
pin,  and  other  similar  forms.  Mr.  Boehm  uses^  Goschen- 
hoppen,  Goschoppen  and  even  Goschenhakken.  Dr.  Weiser 
quotes^  in  addition :  Quesohopen,  Cosshehoppa,  Coshen- 
hoppe,  Coshahopin,  Cowissahopen,  and  Coschehoppe. 
As  the  second  part  of  the  name  appears  in  the  names  of 
two  Indian  chiefs,  Enschockhoppa  and  Shakahoppa,  Dr. 
Weiser  concludes  that  the  name  is  of  Indian  origin.'^ 

The  Goshenhoppen  region  included  from  early  times 

8  See  Journal  of  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society,  Vol.  I,  p.  122;  Vol. 
VII,  pp.  48.  60. 

*  See  Perkiomen  Region,  Vol.  I,  pp.  105,  118,  119,  140,  141,  151,  etc. 

6  See  Journal  of  the  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  pp.  56,  122,  124. 

"  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  5. 

'  In  the  Perkiomen  Region,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  145,  Mr.  Dotterer  raises  the  ques- 
tion whether  "  Goshenhoppen  "  might  not  be  a  German  name,  by  calling 
attention  to  the  German  place  name  "  Goshenhof."  But  the  Dutch  form  of 
"  Hof,"  namely  "  hoeve,"  shows  that  the  final  "f"  in  High  German  be- 
comes "  V  "  or  "  w  "  in  Low  German,  but  not  a  single  or  double  "  p." 


The  Goshenhoppen  Region  >j 

two  sections,  one  nearer  Philadelphia,  known  as  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen, comprising  part  of  Upper  Salford  township, 
the  other  farther  north,  in  Upper  Hanover  township, 
known  as  New  Goshenhoppen.  Which  one  of  these  dis- 
tricts was  settled  first  has  not  as  yet  been  determined,  so 
much  is  certain  that,  as  we  shall  show  later,  ecclesiastically 
New  Goshenhoppen  was  the  first,  for  the  first  traces  of  a 
Reformed  church  organization  appear  in  the  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen section. 

As  the  Goshenhoppen  region  is  a  part  of  the  Perkiomen 
valley  and  the  latter  a  part  of  Montgomery  County,  we 
shall  preface  the  history  of  the  Goshenhoppen  churches 
with  a  brief  survey  of  the  general  field. 

In  the  Journal  of  the  Land  OflSce  of  the  Proprietaries,^ 
the  Perkiomen  valley,  called  Perqueaming,  appears  as 
early  as  1717.  On  March  15,  1718,  "Peter  Wents"  of 
Skippack  paid  quitrent  for  100  acres  for  a  period  of  ten 
years  and  for  50  acres  for  a  period  of  14  years.  Hence 
he  must  have  settled  at  Skippack  as  early  as  1704.  This 
makes  him  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  Perkiomen 
valley.  In  1730  his  name  appears^  as  a  member  of  the 
Reformed  Skippack  Church.  His  son  Peter  Wentz  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  Wentz's  Church  in  Worcester 
Township  in  1762.^^ 

But  the  full  tide  of  German  immigration  into  the  Per- 
kiomen valley  did  not  begin  till  the  second  decade  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  In  July,  1728,  the  elders  of  the  Re- 
formed congregations  of  Falkner  Swamp,  Skippack  and 
Whitemarsh  wrote  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  :^i 

8  Perkiomen  Region,  Vol.  I,  p.  28. 

»  See  an  article  by  the  writer  in  Dotterers  Historical  Notes,  p.  102  f. 
10  See  "  History  of  the  Wentz's  Reformed  Church  "  in  the  Journal  of  the 
P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  Ill,  pp.  332-346,  especially  p.  339. 
'^The  full  letter  has  been  printed  repeatedly,  first  in  the  Mercersburg 


8  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  first  settlers  in  this  widely  extended  region  of  Pensylvania 
were  Christians  bearing  the  name  of  Quakers.  Hither  came  also 
men  holding  all  sorts  of  opinions.  About  eighteen  years  ago 
[1710],  there  began  to  come  in  occasionally  and  to  settle  here  and 
there,  in  places  widely  separated  from  each  other,  certain  ones  of 
the  Reformed  church.  These  came  from  different  parts  of  Ger- 
many and  from  other  places,  and  a  few  also  from  the  neighboring 
provinces  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  etc.  In  time  these 
greatly  multiplied,  but,  in  order  not  to  fall  into  the  errors  of  those 
among  whom  they  dwelt,  they  provoked  one  another  to  good  works, 
by  encouraging  each  other  to  hold  religious  meetings  on  the  Lord's 
Day,  etc.,  according  to  the  doctrine  and  order  of  the  Reformed 
Church,  as  far  as  it  was  understood  by  us. 

As  the  writers  of  this  petition  were  themselves  living 
in  the  Perkiomen  valley,  their  statements  are  most  natu- 
rally explained  as  referring  primarily  to  this  region. 

These  statements  find  a  welcome  confirmation  in  the  old 
record  book^^  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  congregation,  now 
at  Churchville,  Bucks  County,  Pa. 

In  this  record  it  is  stated^^  that  "on  May  20th,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  17 10,  Mr.  Paulus  Van  Vlecq 
was  installed  pastor  or  shepherd  and  teacher  in  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  at  Neshaminy,  Bensalem,  Germantown 
and  surrounding  villages."  On  June  4,  17 10,  the  follow- 
ing consistory  was  installed  at  Whitemarsh:  as  elders, 
Hans  Hendricks  Meels  and  Evert  ten  Heuven,  and  as 

Revieiv,  Vol.  XXIII  (1876),  pp.  529-541;  also  in  the  Ecclesiastical  Records 
of  the  State  of  Neiv  York,  Vol.  IV,  pp.  2425-2437,  and  in  the  Journal  of 
the  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VI,  pp.  303-316.  In  1916,  the  writer  published  the 
whole  Boehm  Correspondence  in  Life  and  Letters  of  the  Rev.  John  Philip 
Boehm,  Philadelphia,  Publication  Board  of  the  Reformed  Church.  In  that 
book  all  the  letters  of  Boehm,  quoted  below,  are  given  in  full. 

^2  This  record  was  published  by  the  writer  in  full  in  the  Journal  of  the 
P.  H.  S..  Vol.  I,  pp.  1H-134. 

13  Sec  /.  c,  p.  118. 


X 


The  First  Settlers  9 

deacons,  Isaac  Dilbeck  and  William  de  Wees.     The  mem- 
bers of  the  Whitemarsh  congregation  in  17 10  were  as  fol- 
lows :^^  Hans  Hendrick  Meels,  Evert  ten  Heuven,  Isaac 
Dilbeck,  Willem  de  Wees,  Jan  Aweeg,  Johannis  Yodder, 
Antonie  Geertheus  [Yerkes],  Johannes  Raevenstock,  Ger- 
trude Rembergh,  Elisabeth  Schipbower,  wife  of  E.  ten 
Heuven,    Mary   Bloemers,   wife   of   I.    Dilbeck,    Catrina 
Meels,  wife  of  W.  de  Wees,  Gertrude  Aweeg,  Anna  Baer- 
ents,  wife  of  J.   Pieterse,  Maria  Selle,  wife  of  G.  ten 
Heuven.     On  December  25,  17 10,  there  were  received  by 
profession  of  faith:  Sebastian  Bartels  and  his  wife  Mary 
Hendricks  and  Caspar  Staels.     On  March  31,  171 1,  were 
received:  Elsa  Schol,  Sebilla  Revenstock,  wife  of  Henry 
Tibben  and  Margaret  Bon,  wife  of  Caspar  Staels.     In 
171 1  there  were,  therefore,  21  regular  members  of  the 
congregation.     The  marriage  and  baptismal  records  of 
the  congregation  add  a  number  of  other  names  of  persons, 
who  may  be  called  adherents  of  this  first  Reformed  con- 
gregation  of   the   province.      They   were:   Herman   ten 
Heuven,  Peter  Bon,  Gabriel  Schuyler,  William  Rembergh, 
Peter  ten  Heuven  and  Jacob  Op  de  Graef.     These  were 
married  by  Dominie  Van  Vlecq,  while  he  baptized  the 
children  of  the  following  persons  living  at  Skippack :  Jacob 
Dilbeck,  Cornelius  De  Wees,  Gerhart  ten  Heuven,  Arent 
Hendricks,  Dirk  Remberg,  Hendricks  Pannebacker,  Jacob 
Pieterse,  Rightijers  Gaebel.     In  addition  to  the  21  regu- 
lar members  there  were,  therefore,  14  Reformed  adherents 
at  Whitemarsh  and  Skippack  from  1710-1712. 

Of  these  first  Reformed  settlers  in  Pennsylvania  Isaac 
Dilbeck  came  with  Pastorius  in  1683.^^     I"  1690  Gerrit 

^*  See  /.  c,  p.  120. 

1^  Pennypacker,  Settlement  of  Germantonvn,  pp.   135,  190-192,   194;   also 
Dotterer,  Historical  Notes,  pp.  15-16,  23-26. 


10  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Hendricks  De  Wees,  probably  the  father  of  Willem  De 
Wees,  bought  a  lot  of  land  in  Germantown.  In  1699 
Evert  ten  Heuven,  with  his  sons  Herman,  Gerhard  and 
Peter,  was  a  resident  in  Germantown,  as  was  also  Hen- 
drick  Pannebecker.  In  1700  Sebastian  Bartels  appears, 
in  1 701  Hans  Hendrik  Meels,  in  1702  John  Rebenstock 
and  Michael  Remberg,  with  his  sons  Dirck  and  Willem, 
also  Peter  Bon  and  Henry  Tibben,  and  1703  Antoni 
Gerckes.  Some  of  these  settlers  took  up  land  at  Skippack, 
Hendrick  Pannebecker  in  1702;  Gerhard  and  Herman  In 
de  Heuven,  also  Dirck  and  Willem  Remberg  in  1706; 
William  and  Cornelius  De  Wees  in  1708. 

On  September  29,  1709,  the  following  Reformed  set- 
tlers were  naturalized  by  a  bill  passed  in  the  Provincial 
Assembly  and  signed  by  the  governor  :^^ 

Isaac  Dilbeck  and  his  son  Jacob  Dilbeck;  Caspar  Stalls  and 
Henry  Tubben;  Johannes  Rebenstock,  Sebastion  Bartells  and  his 
son  Henry  Bartells;  Evert  in  Hoffe  and  his  sons  Gerhard,  Her- 
man and  Peter  in  Hoffe. 

The  ministry  of  Van  Vlecq  at  Whitemarsh  and  Skippack 
continued  from  17 10  to  17 13.  On  April  24,  17 13,  he  en- 
tered his  last  weddfng  into  the  church  record.  On  Sep- 
tember 21,  17 10,  Van  Vlecq  applied  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia^^  for  admission.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed which  considered  his  application  and  handed  in  a 
report,  then  "  after  serious  debating  thereon  it  was  put  to 
the  vote,  to  admit  him  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  or  not, 
and  it  was  carried  in  the  affirmative."     In  1 7 1 2  the  charge 

16  Keyser,  Kain,  etc.,  History  of  Old  Germantoian  (1907),  Vol.  I,  p.  96. 
See  also  the  paper  on  "  Rev.  Pauliis  Van  Vlecq,"  by  the  writer,  in  the 
Papers  read  before  the  Bucks  County  Hist.  Society,  Vol.  IV,  pp.  688-702. 

"^"^  Records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
Vol.  I,  pp.  17-40,  for  statements  regarding  Van  Vlecq  from   1710  to  1715- 


X 


First  Reformed  Settlers  ii 

of  bigamy  was  lodged  against  him,  which,  after  thorough 
investigation,  was  sustained  in  17 13.  He  was,  as  a  result, 
suspended  from  the  ministry.  In  17 15  he  is  reported  as 
having  "  run  out  of  the  country." 

A  much  larger  number  of  German  Reformed  people 
came  into  the  province  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  period  be- 
between  1720  and  1730. 

In  a  petition  addressed  by  some  members  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Reformed  Church  to  Governor  Patrick  Gordon, 
on  November  23,  1732,  they  state  :^^ 

That  a  great  number  of  Protestants  born  under  the  Ligeance  of 
the  Emperor  of  Germany  did,  about  ten  years  since  [1722],  come 
into  this  Province,  and  having  settled  in  divers  parts  thereof,  but 
especially  in  the  city  of  Philada.,  formed  themselves  into  a  Reli- 
gious Society,  commonly  called  by  the  name  of  German  Reformed 
Church. 

The  same  statement  is  repeated  and  somewhat  enlarged 
In  a  bill  of  complaint  which  the  same  persons  submitted  to 
the  Court  of  Chancery  of  the  Province  on  January  23, 
1732  [-1733],  in  which  they  declared.^^ 

The  said  deponents  ...  say  that  for  above  the  space  of  ten 
years  by  gone,  great  numbers  of  the  subjects  of  the  emperor  of  Ger- 
many, professing  the  Protestant  religion  or  as  't  is  equally  called 
the  Reformed  religion  and  having  suffered  hardships  in  their  native 
countrj'  upon  the  score  of  their  religion,  came  over  into  the  prov- 
ince of  Pennsylvania  and  settled  themselves  in  sundry  parts  of  the 
s^  province  and  especially  in  Philadelphia. 

In    harmony   with    these   statements    we    find    in    the 

18  This  petition  is  a  part  of  the  Reiff  papers,  printed  in  the  Reformed 
Quarterly  Review,  1893,  Vol.  XL,  p.  59  f. 

19  This  bill  of  complaint  belongs  also  to  the  ReiflF  papers,  but  it  has  not 
yet  been  printed.  The  original  is  in  the  Harbaugh  collection  of  manu- 
scripts, now  in  the  possession  of  Rev.  Prof.  J.  I.  Good. 


12  History  of  the  Goshenhoppcn   Charge 

"Resolutions  of  the  States  of  Holland  and  West  Fries- 
land,"  that  on  June  12,  1722,  the  Raad  Penslonaris 
(Prime  Minister)  reported  to  the  States  the  arrival  of  a 
large  number  of  families  from  Germany,  which  had  come 
to  Holland  on  various  ships,  with  the  intention  of  being 
transported  to  England,  to  be  sent  to  one  of  the  English 
Colonies,  without  any  preparation  having  been  made  for 
their  journey,  or  any  invitation  having  been  extended  by 
the  British  government.  He  asked  what  steps  should  be 
taken.  The  States  decided  to  confer  with  the  authorities 
of  the  province  nearest  to  Germany,  to  prevent  the  coming 
of  any  more  emigrants. ^^^ 

In  the  year  1725  John  Philip  Boehm  began  his  minis- 
terial activity  in  the  Perkiomen  valley.  For  the  first  com- 
munion services,  held  in  1725,  he  reported^"  the  following 
members : 

On  October  15,  1725,  at  Falkner  Swamp,  40  members 
or  24  males; 

In  November,  1725,  at  Skippack,  37  members  or  20 
males; 

On  December  23,  1725,  at  Whitemarsh,  24  members  or 
14  males. 

The  totals  for  these  three  congregations  were,  there- 
fore, in  1725,  loi  members  or  58  males.  These  three 
congregations  of  Boehm  continued  the  organization  ef- 
fected by  Paulus  Van  Vlecq  In  17 10,  for  of  the  latter's 
members  we  find  Gabriel  Schuler  andGerhart  In  de  Heven 

1"*  Taken  from  the  Rotterdam  Archives. 

-•'The  number  of  males  in  1725  is  mentioned  in  the  appeal  of  Boehm's 
elders  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  dated  July,  1728,  printed  in  the  Jour- 
nal of  the  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VI,  p.  308.  The  number  of  members  is  found  in 
Boehm's  report  of  1744,  see  Minutes  and  Letters  of  the  Coetus  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, p.  18.     See  ali^o  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  160,  409. 


First  Reformed  Services  13 

in  Boehm's  congregation  at  Skippack;-^  Willem  de  Wees, 
John  Rebenstock  and  Isaac  Dilbeck  in  his  congregation  at 
Whitemarsh.22  jf  ^e  \^2id  the  complete  lists  of  Boehm's 
10 1  members  we  would  no  doubt  be  able  to  find  other  con- 
necting links  besides  the  five  mentioned  above. 

Such  was  the  beginning  of  Reformed  church  life  in  the 
Perkiomen  valley. 

The  time  when  the  first  Reformed  settlers  arrived  in  the 
Goshenhoppen  region  cannot  be  determined  with  the  evi- 
dence at  hand  at  present.  But  it  was  most  probably  about 
the  year  1720.  So  much  is  certain  that  in  1727  enough 
Reformed  people  had  arrived  In  Goshenhoppen,  so  that  a 
communion  service  could  be  held  for  them. 

In  1736  John  Henry  Goetschy,  the  boy  preacher,  en- 
tered the  names  of  45  heads  of  families  into  the  Reformed 
record  at  New  Goshenhoppen  (seep.  274).  Besides  these 
there  appear  68  additional  names  of  men  in  the  baptismal 
entries  from  1731  to  1736  inclusive,  so  that  there  were  at 
least  113  settlers,  together  with  their  families,  in  the  New 
Goshenhoppen  district  by  the  end  of  the  year  1736.  With 
the  help  of  Rupp's  Immigrant  Lists  the  exact  time  of  the 
arrival  of  many  of  these  settlers  can  be  determined.  The 
following  is  a  list  of  those  whom  the  writer  was  able  to 
identify  with  some  degree  of  probability  i^^ 

21  See  the  documents  printed  in  the  Journal  of  the  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII, 
pp.  34,  48;  also  the  letter  from  Skippack  of  May  lo,  1730,  quoted  in  His- 
torical Notes,  p.  103. 

--These  three  men  signed  the  appeal  of  July,  1728,  see  Journal  of  the 
P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VI,  p.  316;  as  well  as  Boehm's  letter  of  January  30,  1730,  in 
Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  34;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  169,  191. 

23  In  the  case  of  very  common  names  like  Jacob  Mej'er  and  Jacob 
Miiller  the  possibility  of  mistaken  identity  must  of  course  remain  open. 


14  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Earliest  Reformed  Settlers  in  the  Goshenhoppek  Valley. 

Names  of  Settlers.  Time  of  Arrival.       At  Goshenhoppen. 

Johannes  Huth   September  i8,  1727  Go.  1731 

Johann   Friedrich   Hilligass    September  18,   1727  Go.  1731 

Hans   Michel  Zimmermann    September  18,  1727  Go.  1733 

Hans   Georg  Welcker    September  18,  1727  Go.  1731 

Ulrich   Hetzell    [Hertzel]    September  18,  1727  Go.  1733 

Benedict   Strohm    [Strome]    September  18,  1727  Go.  1736 

Frantz   Stupp    September  30,  1727  Go.  173 1 

Burckhard   Hoffmann    September  30,  1727  Go.  1732 

Johann  Peter  Hess   October     2,  1727  Go.  1733 

Michel  Eberhart   October  16,  1727  Go.  1732 

Johann  Philip  Ried    October  16,  1727  Go.   1736 

Wendel   Wiant  August  29,   1729  Go.  1736 

Johann  Peter  Moll August  29,  1729  Go.  1733 

Valentin    Griesemer    August  29,  1730  Go.  1731 

Thomas  Hamma[n]    August  29,  1730  Go.  1732 

Abraham   Transu    August  29,  1730  Go.  1731 

Lonhart  Hochgenug    August  29,   1730  Go.  1732 

John  Adam  Stadtler   September  5,  1730  Go.  1733 

Johann  Philip  Emmert  September  5,  1730  Go.  1731 

Casper  Holtzhausen   [r]    August  17,  1731  Go.  1733 

Abraham  Sahkr   [Seler]    September  11,  1731  Go.  1732 

Johann  Bartel.  Gucker   [Kucker] .  .September  11,  1731  Go.  1732 

Johann   Michel   Moll    September  11,  1731  Go.  1732 

Christopher  Moll    September  11,  1731  Go.  1733 

Hans  Adam  Echelen  [Euchelen]  ..September  ii,  1731  Go.  1731 

Leonard  Bock    September  21,  1731  Go.  1737 

Jacob    Meyer    September  21,  1731  Go.  1736 

Hans  Jerg  Steger   August  11,  1732  Go.  1737 

Adam   Hillegas    August  11,  1732  Go.  1737 

Georg   Mertz    September  11,  1732  Go,  1736 

Georg  Palsgraff   September  11,  1732  Go.  1736 

Hans   Steinmann    September  19,  1732  Go.  1733 

Jacob   Muller    September  19,  1732  Go.  1737 

Lorentz  Hartman   September  19,  1732  Go.  1736 

Andreas  Lohr   ; September  19,  1732  Go.  1733 

Johan  Henrich  Jung   September  19,  1732  Go.  1736 

Georg  Peter  Knecht    September  21,  1732  Go.  1737 

Hans  Leonhart  Herzel    September  21,  1732  Go.  1737 

Peter   Matern    September  30,  1732  Go.  173+ 

Peter  Raudenbusch    September  30,  1732  Go.  1733 


y 


Reformed  Settlers  in   Goshenhoppen  15 

Johannes   Geiger    September  30,  1732     Go.  1734 

Georg  Michel  Favian  [Fabion]    October  11,  1732     Go.  1736 

Joh.  Jost  Ohlwein   September  18,  1733     Go.  1736 

Here  are  more  than  forty  German  Reformed  settlers 
the  exact  time  of  whose  arrival  can  be  fixed  and  who,  some 
time  between  that  date  and  their  first  appearance  in  the 
New  Goshenhoppen  record,  moved  into  the  Goshenhoppen 
region.  The  others,  whose  date  of  arrival  is  as  yet  un- 
known, did  not  necessarily  come  before  1727.  They  may 
have  come  through  another  harbor,  or  reached  Goshen- 
hoppen by  a  circuitous  route.  For  it  is  a  significant  fact 
that  of  the  Lutheran  settlers  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  only 
three  came  before  the  year  1730,  Kilian  Gauckler,  who 
came  to  America  in  17 17,  John  George  Weicker  who  ar- 
rived in  1724,  and  John  Martin  Deer  in  1728.  Of  the 
rest,  nearly  thirty,  only  a  few  appear  In  the  Immigrant  lists, 
although  they  all  came,  according  to  the  Church  Record, 
between  1732  and  1750.  This  proves  that  the  absence  of 
a  name  from  the  Immigrant  lists  cannot  be  used  as  an  argu- 
ment for  or  against  the  early  arrival  of  that  person.  It 
must  also  be  remembered  that  the  immigrant  lists  are  in- 
complete and  that  the  names  have  In  many  instances  been 
deciphered  incorrectly. 

Although  the  time  of  arrival  of  the  earliest  settlers 
cannot  be  established  definitely,  it  is  certain  that  the  year 
1727  is  the  first  fixed  point  In  the  history  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  Goshenhoppen  region. 

The  Indian  traditions,  which  gathered  around  the  origin 
and  meaning  of  the  name  Goshenhoppen  are  beautifully 
summed  up  in  a  poem  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  C.  Z.  Weiser,  which 
may  fittingly  be  Inserted  here.^^^ 

23a  The  writer  owes  this  poem  to  the  Rev.  John  B.  Stoudt,  who  kindly 
transmitted  it  for  publication. 


l^ 


i6  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  Legend  of  Goshenhoppen. 

By  C.  Z.  Weiser. 

Would  you  hear  of  Goshenhoppen, 

What  it  means  and  where  it  hails  from 

Do  not  trust  the  pale-faced  people, 

They  are  but  of  yesterday. 

'Tis  with  them  but  speculation, 

Guess  work  oozed  from  fever'd  brainshop. 

Like  the  webs  from  working  spiders. 

Now  they  have  it  "  Que-se-ho-pen," 
Then  they  say  it's  "  Coss-he-hop-pe," 
"  Cos-she-hop-pa,"  says  another, 
"Cos-ha-ha-pin,"  writes  a  fourth  one; 
"  Cosh-a-hop-pa  " — "  Gosh-e-hop-pa," 
Or,  again,  "  Co-wis-se-hop-pen," 
Till  at  last  it's  "  Gosh-en-hop-pen." 

Who  can  tell  in  such  a  Babel, 

How  to  utter  it  correctly, 

How  to  rightly  shape  its  body, — 

And  divine  its  primal  meaning? 

We  must  trace  it  as  a  river, 

Prom  its  mouth  back  to  its  source  spring ; 

Trace  and  tail  it  up  and  backward, 

Through  the  periods  and  the  ages — 

Till  we  find  its  secret  rising. 

Long  before  Great  Brother  Omas 
Came  to  own  his  forest  domain. 
Had  the  Redman  shared  the  country 
Into  tracts  and  into  districts, 
Measured  it  by  strips  of  deer-skin; 
Marked  it  out  by  trees  and  rivers. 
Or  by  hills  and  mountain  ranges. 


X 


Indian  Legend  17 

Every  tribe  then  had  its  domain, 
For  to  smoke  and  roam  and  hunt  in ; 
And  each  tribe  its  Sak-e-maker, 
He  whose  name  stood  for  the  region, 
He  who  owned  and  bargained  for  it. 

Thus  we  know  the  great  "  Mough-ough-sin  " 
Owned  the  land  of  "  Pah-ke-ho-ma," 
Which  is  known  and  called  Macungie, 
That  was  sold  for  two  big  blankets 
And  four  pairs  of  leather  stockings, 
And  four  bottles  of  sweet  cider. 

When  we  read  of  "  Guch-i-o-thon," 
And  besides  of  "  En-shok-hup-po," 
And  at  last  of  "  Shak-a-hop-pa," 
Who  were  ancient  Sak-e-makers, 
Great  big  Injuns-treaty  makers. 
These  three  ancient  Sak-e-makers 
Ruled  the  vale  of  Pah-ke-ho-ma, 
Ruled  the  fair  Per-ki-o-men  valley, 
Shak-a-hop-pa  stood  as  chieftain 
Over  all  the  Sak-e-makers, 
Since  he  grew  a  foot  beyond  them, 
And  came  nearer  the  Great  Father. 

Shak-a-hop-pa,  the  tall  chieftain. 
Of  the  vale  of  Pah-ke-ho-ma, 
Sold  and  barter'd  off  his  title 
For  two  hundred  feet  of  wampun ; 
And  for  thirty  feet  of  duffels; 
For  some  sixty  feet  of  mattress ; 
Thirty  shirts  and  thirty  kettles; 
Shoes  twelve  pairs  and  thirty  gimlets ; 
Sixty  stockings,  thirty  scissors; 
Thirty  combs  and  thirty  axes; 
Thirty-one  tobacco  pouches; 


History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Thirty  small  tobacco  cases; 
Seven  awls  and  thirty  glasses; 
Thirty  bars  of  lead  and  powder; 
Thirty  pounds  of  lead  that  reddens ; 
Beads  poured  into  three  full  papers; 
Thirty  pairs  of  bells  that  rattle ; 
Drawing  knives  one  half  a  dozen ; 
And  some  eighteen  caps  with  feathers; 
And  as  many  hoes  and  handles. 
This  was  the  consideration, 
Which  Great  Brother  Omas  tendered, 
For  the  vale  of  Goshenhoppen, 
To  the  ancient  Sak-e-maker, 
Shak-a-hop-pa,  the  Big  Smoke  Pipe. 


X 


CHAPTER  I. 


Ministry  of  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss, 
1727-1730.-^ 

^^^^N  November,  1730,  the  Rev.  John  Philip  Boehm 
m  I      wrote  as  follows  to  the   Reformed  Classls  of 
'^  I      Amsterdam  :^^ 

^,^W  He  [Mr.  Weiss]   preached  at  a  branch  place  called 

Goschenhoppen,  about  ten  miles  from  Falckner  Schwam ; 
the  last  time  on  October  12,  1727,  he  celebrated  the  Lord's  Supper 
without  knowing  the  people,  admitting  among  others  two  men  from 
Falckner  Schwam,  who  ought  to  have  been  taken  to  account  because 
of  their  vicious  lives. 

This  passage  gives  us  the  first  recorded  date  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  congregation.  It  names  its  first  pastor  and 
enables  us  to  locate  the  first  place  of  worship.  It  could 
not  have  been  at  Old  Goshenhoppen,  near  Salford  Station, 
on  the  Perkiomen  Railroad,  which  Is  hardly  five  miles 
from  Falkner  Swamp,  but  It  must  have  been  at  New  Gosh- 

-*  For  earlier  accounts  of  Weiss  see  Harbaugh,  Fathers  of  the  Reformed 
Church,  Vol.  I,  Lancaster,  i^Sl  PP-2^S-27A-'y  Good,  History  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  United  States,  I/2S-i;^q2,  Reading,  1899,  pp.  1 13-152; 
Corwin,  Manual  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  America,  New  York,  1902, 
pp.  896-899;  Dubbs,  History  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania, 
Lancaster,  1902,  pp.  83-90;  Hinke,  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  26-37. 

^^  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  56;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  215. 

19 


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20  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

enhoppen,  near  East  Greenville,  which  is  about  ten  miles 
from  Falkner  Swamp.  The  first  Reformed  services  were, 
therefore,  held  at  New  Goshenhoppen  by  the  Rev.  George 
Michael  Weiss,  the  first  pastor.  He  is  such  an  important 
personage  in  the  history  of  the  Reformed  Church  in 
America,  that  he  deserves  a  more  elaborate  biography  than 
has  yet  been  written  of  him. 

John  Peter  Miller,  the  later  monk  of  Ephrata,  wrote 
about  Mr.  Weiss  as  follows  in  his  Chronicon  Ephratense  :^^ 

About  the  year  1726,  the  first  High-German  Reformed  preacher, 
Weiss  by  name,  arrived  in  Pennsj'lvania.  He  was  born  at  Steb- 
bach,  a  Palatine  place  in  the  Neckar  valley;  studied  at  Heidelberg 
and  finished  his  course  at  Koschehoppen  [Goshenhoppen]  in  the 
county  of  Philadelphia. 

This  was  all  that  was  known  about  Weiss's  birthplace 
till  1897,  when  the  writer  visited  Heidelberg  and  found 
there,  in  the  matriculation  book  of  the  famous  University, 
the  following  entry: 

1 718,  October  18. 

Georgius  Michael  Weiss, 
Philosoph.  Stud. 

Eppinga,  Palatinus. 

This  entry  shows  that  Mr.  Weiss  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Heidelberg  on  October  18,  17 18,  as  student  of 
philosophy,  and  that  he  gave  his  birthplace  as  Eppingen, 
which  is  about  half  a  German  mile  southwest  of  Stebbach. 

On  August  15,  1897,  the  writer  visited  Eppingen  and 
found  in  the  old  church  records  of  the  town  considerable 
information  about  the  Weiss  family.  The  oldest  repre- 
sentative of  the  family,  mentioned  in  the  records,-'  is  Nico- 

26  Chronicon  Ephratense,  Engl,  transl.,  Lancaster,  1889,  p.  70. 

27  See  article  by  the  writer  in  the  Reformed  Church  Messenger  of  Octo- 
ber 27,  1898,  on  "A  Contribution  to  the  Life  of  George  Michael  Weiss"; 
also  in  Christian  Intelligencer  of  November  16,  1898. 


George  Michael  JVeiss  21 

laus  Weiss,  a  citizen  of  Gross  Engersheim,  in  the  Kingdom 
of  Wiirtemberg.  His  son,  John  Michael  Weiss,  a  tailor 
by  trade,  married  on  February  26,  1686,  Barbara,  widow 
of  Jacob  Stierle,  citizen  and  tailor  at  Eppingen.  This 
union  was  blessed  with  two  children,  Maria  Appollonia, 
baptized  December  26,  1686,  and  Barbara,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 7,  1689.  But  on  June  30,  1692,  the  mother  died, 
aged  44  years. 

On  September  16,  1692,  "Hans  Michel  Weiss,  citi- 
zen and  tailor,"  married  a  second  time,  namely  Maria, 
daughter  of  the  late  Martin  Frank,  shoemaker  in  Bretten. 
This  second  union  was  blessed  with  six  children,  as  follows : 

1.  Anna  Catherine,  Dec.  11,  1695,  died  July  9,  1696. 

2.  Eva  Catherine,  July  31,  1697. 

3.  Gorg  Michael,  Jan.  23,  1700. 

4.  Maria  Elisabeth    )        .       ,,      , 

„,    .        ,    ,  >  twins,  March  29,  1703. 

5.  Christophel  j 

6.  Maria  Elisabeth,  born  July  10,  bapt.  July  12,  1705. 

In  the  case  of  the  first  five  children  but  one  date  is  given 
in  the  record,  without  any  statement  as  to  whether  the 
date  of  birth  or  of  baptism  is  intended.  But  as  the  names 
are  entered  in  the  baptismal  record,  it  is  more  probably 
the  date  of  baptism.  The  dates  of  the  last  child  show  that 
baptism  took  place  usually  on  the  third  day  after  birth. 

These  entries  prove  that  Georg  Michael  Weiss  was  not 
born  at  Stebbach,  but  at  Eppingen.  What  is  more  re- 
markable is  that,  according  to  information  received  from 
the  pastor  of  Eppingen,  Stebbach  never  belonged  to  Ep- 
pingen ecclesiastically,  but  to  a  neighboring  parish. 

What  became  of  Mr.  Weiss,  after  he  had  finished  his 
studies  at  Heidelberg,  is  still  unknown.  We  meet  him 
again  ten  years  later,  when  on  September  21,  1727,  he 
with  fifty  other  Palatines  appeared  before  the  Provincial 


22  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

Council  of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  Court  House  of  Philadel- 
phia and  signed  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  King  of 
England. 

As  early  as  September  14,  1727,  the  Governor,  Patrick 
Gordon,  had  called  the  Provincial  Board  together, 

to  inform  them  that  there  is  lately-^  arrived  from  Holland,  a  ship 
with  four  hundred  Palatines,  as  'tis  said,  and  that  he  has  informa- 
tion they  will  be  very  soon  followed  by  a  much  greater  number, 
who  design  to  settle  in  the  back  parts  of  this  province;  &  as  they 
transport  themselves  without  any  leave  obtained  from  the  Crown 
of  Great  Britain,  and  settle  themselves  upon  the  Proprietors  un- 
taken  up  Lands  without  any  application  to  the  Proprietor  or  his 
Commissioners  of  property,  or  to  the  Government  in  general,  it 
would  be  highly  necessary  to  concert  proper  measures  for  the  peace 
and  security  of  the  province,  which  may  be  endangered  by  such 
numbers  of  Strangers  daily  poured  in,  who  being  ignorant  of  our 
Language  and  Laws,  &  settling  in  a  body  together,  make,  as  it 
were,  a  distinct  people  from  his  Majesties  Subjects.-'' 

In  answer  to  this  representation  of  the  governor  the 
board  ordered, 

that  the  Masters  of  the  Vessells  importing  them  shall  be  examined 
whether  they  have  any  Leave  granted  them  by  the  Court  of  Britain 
for  the  Importation  of  these  Foreigners,  and  that  a  List  shall  be 
taken  of  the  Names  of  all  these  People,  their  several  Occupations, 
and  the  Places  from  whence  they  come,  and  shall  be  further  exam- 
ined, touching  their  Intentions  in  coming  hither;  And  further,  that 

28  This  proves  that  the  ship  jrilliam  and  Sarah  did  not  arrive  on  Sep- 
tember 18,  1727,  as  has  been  wrongly  inferred  from  the  list  published  in 
the  Pennsylvania  Archives,  Second  Series,  Vol.  XVII,  p.  7.  This  list  was 
drawn  up  on  September  i8,  but  the  ship  had  landed  before  September  14, 
"  lately  "  may  mean  a  day  or  even  several  days  earlier. 

29  See  Colonial  Records,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  282  f.,  for  this  list  and  the  following 
extracts. 


Ship  William  and  Sarah  23 

a  Writing  be  drawn  up  for  them  to  sign  declaring  their  Allegiance 
&  Subjection  to  the  King  of  Great  Britain  &  Fidelity  to  the  Pro- 
prietary of  this  Province,  &  that  they  will  demean  themselves  peace- 
ably towards  all  his  Majesties  Subjects,  &  strictly  observe,  and 
conform  to  the  Laws  of  England  and  of  this  Government. 

In  consequence  of  this  order  a  signed  list  was  laid  before 
the  board  at  its  meeting  on  September  21,  containing 

the  names  of  one  hundred  &  nine  Palatines,  who  with  their  Fami- 
lies, making  in  all  about  Four  hundred  Persons,  were  imported  into 
this  Province  in  the  Ship  William  and  Sarah,  William  Hill,  Mas- 
ter, from  Rotterdam,  but  last  from  Dover,  as  by  Clearance  from 
Officers  of  his  Majesties  Customs  there;  And  the  said  Master  being 
asked,  if  he  had  any  Licence  from  the  Court  of  Great  Britain  for 
transporting  those  People,  &  what  their  Intentions  were  in  coming 
hither,  said  that  he  had  no  other  License  or  Allowance  for  their 
Transportation  than  the  above  Clearance,  and  that  he  believed  they 
designed  to  settle  in  this  Province. 

This  list  of  109  Palatines,  as  submitted  to  the  Provincial 
Board  on  September  21,  1727,  has  been  published  in  Vol. 
XVII,  of  the  second  series  of  the  Pennsylvania  Archives, 
pp.  7-8,  but  it  is  so  imperfect  and  inaccurate,  full  of  typo- 
graphical and  other  mistakes,  that  it  seems  worth  while  to 
submit  a  corrected  list.  Such  a  new  publication  is  all  the 
more  justified  because  the  list  as  submitted  to  the  board, 
indicates  the  number  of  people  in  each  family,  which 
figures,  though  important,  were  omitted  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Archives.     The  list  is  as  follows  r^" 

30  The  original  list  is  now  in  the  State  Library  at  Harrisburg,  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Records,  at  present  (1914)  in  charge  of  Mr.  Luther  R. 
Kclker,  who  very  kindly  allowed  the  writer  to  examine  and  copy  the 
original  list,  as  well  as  others  mentioned  later. 


24 


History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 


A  List  of  ye  Palatine  Passengers  imported  in  ye  Ship  William  and 

Sarah,  Will'm  Hill,  Mast",,  from  Rotterdam,  Philad'a  ye 

i8  September  1727. 


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Hans  Jerrick  Swaep  ...  6 
Hans  Martin  Levisteyn. .  2 

Benedic  Strome 2 

Jan  Hend"  Scaub 3^/2 

Hans  Jerrick  Shoomaker.   614 

Abraham  Beni    5 

Hans  Martain  Shoomak''  1 
Frederick   Heiligas    ....  4^^ 
Hans  Mich.  Pagman    . .    1 

Sebastian  Creef 4 

Johan  Habaraker 2^ 

Alex,  Diebenderf 2 

Hieronemus  Milder 2 

Johann   Will™    Mey    ...  2 

Henericus  Bell    i 

Caspar  Springier   4 

Hans  Heri".  Siegler    ...   3 

Michael  Peitley    43^ 

Hans  Mich.  Tiell    3^/2 

Jan.  Barn.  Levinstey .  . . .   i 

Jacob  Jost 2 

Johannes  Hoet 3^ 

Daniel   Levan 8 

Hans  Mich'.  Weider...  2 
Andr"'.  Simmerman  ...  8 
Leonart  Seltenreich  ....  2 
Hans  Jerrick  Wigler.  . . .  z 

Wiir  Jurgens i 

Johan   Wester,   sick i 

Will'"  Heer 1 

Hans  Adam   Milder....  2 

Anspel  Anspag 2j4 

Henrich    Meyer 4 

Adam   Henrich 2 

Jacob    Gons 2 

Ulrich   Heere 3 

Sebastian   Vinck    2 

Tonicus  Meyer 5 

126 


Jacob  Svvicker,  sick i 

Hans  Jer.  Herzels 4 

Jan  Bernard  Wolf 6 

Steven  Frederick %}4 

Ann   Floren 1  ^ 

Philip  Fernser i 

Hans  Jacob  Eckman....   2 
Hans  Fill.   Heysinger...   i 

Hendrick  Witte 1 

Hans  Jerrick  Hoy,  sick.,   i 

Jacob  Pause 2l4 

Andr'^  Saltsgerrer i 

Hans  Jerrick  Wolf 2% 

Jacob  Milder,  dead 3^^ 

Hans  Jerrick  Bowman.. .   i 

Johannes  Wester* 1 

Johannes  Stroraf,  boy ....   i 

Hans  Jerig  Anspag 25^4 

Philip   Swyger 2 

Christ.  Milder,  dead....   2 

Elias   Meyer    3^ 

Peter  Springier i 

Martin    Prill     3 

Joh.  Tob'.   Serveas i 

Peter  Seyts 4^^ 

Johannes   Eckman    4 

Johannes    Hend".    Gyer, 

sick 2 

Christ"".   Labengygcr    ...   2 

Johannes  Berret   4 

Andrew  Holtspan 4 

Jacob   Swarts 4 

Hans   Jerick   Schaub...   3 
Hans  Mich'.  Phaut'^....   5 

Christian    Snyder 2 

Bastian  Smith 2 

Johannes  Barteleme i 

92 


[75]  Tobias   Freyc 4 


^ 


The  Captain's  List 


25 


[76]  Johannes  Tiebenderf  ...  4 

[77]  Jacob  Mast,  Skipach 4 

[78]  Joseph  Aelbragt 3I/2 

[79]   Nicholas  Adams 2 

[80]  Jacob   Meyer 2 

[8i]  Johannes  Leyb 4 

[82]  Johanes  Bait,  Germt....  4 

[83]   Conrad  Miller,  sick 5 

[84]   Christopher  Walter 4 

[85]   Ulrich  Hartsell,  Skippach  2 

[86]  Hans  Adam   Stoll 3 

[87]  Hans  Jerrick  Guyger...  45^ 
[88]   Hans  Martin  Wilder...  2^4 

[89]  Hans  Jerig  Viegle 6Y2 

[90]  Hans  Jerig  Ardnold,  dead 

[91]   Hans  Jerig  Cramer 3 

[92]  Hans  Jerig  Peter (?)....  2^^ 

[93]  Albert  Swoap   i 

[94]  Hendrick  Gouger,  sick..   31/i 

[95]   Diederick  Roede i 

[96]  Hans     Jerig     Roedebas, 

Skipach   2 


[97]  Hans  Adam  Beinder 4!/^ 

[98]  Christopher    Wittmer,...   i 

[99]  Hendrick    Hartman 3 

[100]  Clement   Eirn 2 

[loi]  Philip  Jacob  Reylender..   5 

[102]  Johanes  Mich'.  Peepell. .   i 

[103]  Ernst  Roede i 

[104]  Philip   Seigler 51^ 

[105]  Philip    Roedeull 2 

[106]  Rudolph    Wilkes 3 

[107]  Hans  Jerig  Milder i 

[io8]  Abraham  Farn 4 

[109]  Uldrich   Staffon 3 

107 

This  is  a  true  list  of  Passengers 
Imported  in  the  ship  William  & 
Sarah,  Wiir.  Hill,  Mast^,  from 
Rotterdam  among  whom  are  no  con- 
victs, given  upon  oath, 
by  Tho.  Tober. 


The  totals  of  the  three  columns  are  said  to  be  126  +  92 
+  107  =  325-  But  in  reality  the  figures  in  none  of  the 
columns  have  been  added  correctly.  The  correct  totals, 
supposing  all  the  figures  to  be  accurate,  are:  118+91 
+  108=317.  The  whole  number  of  passengers  was, 
therefore,  much  nearer  300  than  400. 

Of  these  colonists  not  more  than  51  actually  appeared 
on  September  21,  1727,  in  the  Court  House  at  Philadel- 
phia to  sign  the  following  oath  of  allegiance: 

We  Subscribers,  Natives  and  late  Inhabitants  of  the  Palatinate 
upon  the  Rhine  &  Places  adjacent,  having  transported  ourselves 
and  Families  into  this  Province  of  Pensilvania,  a  Colony  subject 
to  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain,  in  hopes  and  Expectation  of  finding 
a  Retreat  &  peaceable  Setdement  therein,  Do  Solemnly  promise  & 
Engage,  that  We  will  be  faithful  &  bear  true  Allegiance  to  his 

*  Name  erased^  see  No.  29. 


26 


History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 


present  MAJESTY,  KING  GEORGE  THE  SECOND  and 
his  Successors,  Kings  of  Great  Britain,  and  will  be  faithfull  to  the 
Proprietor  of  this  Province;  And  that  we  will  demean  ourselves 
peaceably  to  all  His  said  Majesties  Subjects,  and  strictly  observe 
and  conform  to  the  Laws  of  England  and  of  this  Province,  to  the 
utmost  of  our  Power  and  best  of  our  understanding. 

The  names  signed  to  this  declaration  have  been  pub- 
lished repeatedly,  but  so  full  of  inaccuracies,  that  a  new 
transcript  of  the  original  is  absolutely  necessary.  The 
figures  placed  before  them  identify  them  with  the  corre- 
sponding names  in  the  first  list.  The  signatures  to  the 
Declaration  of  Allegiance  are  as  follows: 

Palatines  imported  in  the  Ship  Will^  &  Sarah,  Willm  Hill,  Comm 

FROM  Rotterdam  who  hereunto  sett  their  hands,  the  2ist  of 

Sept.  1727,  in  presence  of  the  GovR  &  Council. 


G.  M.  Weiss,  V.D.M.31 
[i]  Johann  Georg  Schwab 
[4.1]   Hans  Bernhart  Wolff 
[8]  Joh.  Friederich  Hilligass 

Rudolff  Leyb 
[19]   Hans  Michel  Diel 
[10]  Sebastian  Graff 
[22]  Johannes  Huth 
[101]   Filibs  Jacob  Rheinlender 
[104I   Filib  Zigler,  X  his  mark 
[75]  Tobias  Frey 
[56]   Hans  Jerch  Anspachcr 
[63]  Johan  Peter  Seitz 
[78]  Joseph  Albrecht 
[64]  Johanes  Eckman 
[5]  Jerich  Schuhmacher 
[21]   Jacob  Jost 


[18]  Michel  Bottle 

[106]  Rutolff  Wellecker 

[92?]  Jeorg  Petter 
[88]   Hans  Mart.   (W)   Weller 
[89]  Hans  Jerg  Vogelle 
[30]   Willem   Herr 
[67]  Johannes  Barth 
[16]   Hans  Caspar  Spengler 
[90]   Hans  Gorg  Cremraer 
[61]   Hans  Martin  Mill 
[68]  Andreas  (A)   Holsbacher 
[49]  Jacob  Bausel 

his 
[31]   Hans  Adam  |  Miller 

mark 
[35]  Johan  Jacob  Cuntz 
[51]  Hans  Jerg  Wolff 


31  The  Clerk  of  the  Provincial  Council  (see  minutes  in  Colonial  Records, 
Vol.  in,  p.  284)  wrote  the  name  "  G.  M.  Wey,"  but  a  photograph  of  the 
original,  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  Luther  R.  Kelker,  shows  plainly  that 
it  is  "  G.  M.  Weis." 


y 


Signers  of  Oath  of  Allegiance 


27 


[105]  Philip  Rutschly 

[103]  Hans  Ernst  Rudi 

[59]  Elias  Meyer 

[25?]  Hans  Michel  Zimmerman 

[27]  Hans  Gorg  Welcker 

[57]  Hans  Philip  Schweikhardt 

[12]  Alexand.  Diibendorffer 

[2]  Hans  Martin  Liebenstein 

[95]  Johan  Diderich  Rudi 

[40]  Hans  Jerg  Hertzel 


[81]  Johannes  Leib 

[99]  Joh-  Henrich  Hartman 

[17]  Hans  Georg  Ziegler 

[11]  Johannes  Haberacker 

[33]  Henrich  Meyer 

[80]  Jacob  Meyer 

[84]  Christoph  Walter 

Henry  (H)   Sippen 

[71]  Hans  Michel  Pfautz 


A  comparison  of  these  two  lists  shows  how  carelessly 
the  captain's  list  was  made.  The  writer  made  no  attempt 
to  ascertain  the  correct  spelling  of  the  names.  He  merely 
wrote  down  what  he  supposed  he  heard  when  the  names 
were  pronounced  to  him.  For  Welcker  he  heard  Wigler 
and  in  a  second  case  Wilkes.  For  Mill  he  put  down  Prill, 
for  Miller  he  wrote  Milder.  Schweikhardt  he  turned  into 
Swyger,  Spengler  into  Springier,  Rutschli  apparently  into 
Roedeull.  In  some  cases  the  scribal  monstrosities  are  so 
great  that  no  identification  is  possible.  No  wonder  that  it 
is  so  difficult  to  identify  immigrants,  when  the  captains' 
lists  are  so  badly  corrupted  and  the  passengers'  own  signa- 
tures are  sometimes  such  awful  scrawls  that  they  need  a 
second  list  as  a  key  to  decipher  them  correctly. 

The  relation  of  Mr.  Weiss  to  these  immigrants  has  long 
been  doubtful.  The  question  whether  he  was  merely  their 
fellow  passenger  or  the  recognized  leader  of  a  colony 
could  not  be  determined  till  very  recently.  There  are  now 
three  documents  at  hand  which  answer  this  question.  The 
first  is  the  earliest  printed  report  concerning  the  Reformed 
Church  in  Pennsylvania,  printed  in  Holland  in  173 1.  It 
was  submitted  in  that  year  to  the  Synod  of  South  Holland 
which  met  from  July  3  to  13,  1731,  at  Dortrecht. 

In  this  report  we  find  the  following  statement  about  the 


28  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

religious  conditions  in   Pennsylvania  and  the  coming  of 
Mr.  Weiss  to  America  r^^ 

But  as  the  Quakers  were  not  numerous  enough  to  colonize  this 
territory,  William  Pen,  when  he  projected  and  built  a  city,  called 
it  Philadelphia,  that  by  a  name  so  friendly  he  might  attract  other 
Europeans  thither.  Not  long  after  the  first  settlement  many  of 
the  oppressed  inhabitants  of  Germany,  particularly  from  the  Pala- 
tinate and  from  the  districts  of  Nassau,  Waldeck,  Wittgenstein 
and  the  Wetterau,  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania,  with  their  wives 
and  children  and  the  proceeds  of  the  property  which  they  sold, 
whether  more  or  less. 

Among  them  are  Mennonites,  Lutherans  and  Reformed,  but  at 
the  present  time  the  Reformed,  holding  to  the  old  Reformed  con- 
fession, constitute  about  half  of  the  whole  number,  being  about 
15,000.  The  German  Palatines,  migrating  from  their  own  coun- 
try to  Pennsylvania,  year  after  year,  were  unable  to  provide  them- 
selves with  ministers.  Finding  no  religious  worship,  many,  at- 
tracted by  the  good  morals  and  blameless  conduct  of  the  Quakers, 
joined  themselves  to  them,  preferring  their  worship  to  none.^^ 

At  last  four  years  ago,  the  Upper  Consistory  of  the  Palatinate 
sent  over  a  minister  by  the  name  of  Do.  [Dominie]  Weis,  with  a 
number  of  people  migrating  from  the  Palatinate.  They  formed  a 
consistory  at  Schibbach,  a  place  about  six  miles  from  Philadelphia. 
A  wooden  church  was  erected  and  he  [Dominie  Weis]  preached 
for  the  congregation  and  administered  the  ordinances  of  Baptism 
and  the  Lord's  Supper.  There  most  of  the  Palatines  live  close 
one  to  the  other. 

In  this  report  it  is  distinctly  asserted  that  the  Upper 
Consistory  of  the  Palatinate  sent  Mr.  Weiss  with  these 

82  Two  copies  of  the  Report  of  1731,  entitled  Berigt  en  Onderrigtinge 
nopens  en  aan  de  Colonie  en  Kerke  van  Pensylvan'ten,  2  pp.  preface  and 
i8  pp.  text,  are  known  to  be  in  existence.  One  is  in  the  possession  of  Rev. 
Dr.  J.  I.  Good,  the  other  was  in  the  library  of  late  Governor  Pennypacker. 
The  writer  has  used  a  photographic  copy. 

33  This  is  in  agreement  with  the  testimony  of  Muehlenberg,  see  Hallesche 
Nachr'ichten,  new  cd.,  Vol.  II,  p.  195. 

y 


Leader  of  Colony  29 

emigrants.  This  statement  Is  supported  by  another  re- 
port, which  was  presented  on  October  31,  1735,  to  the 
Synodical  Deputies  (an  executive  committee  of  the  Synods 
of  North  and  South  Holland).  In  this  report,  Do.  Wil- 
helmius,  then  pastor  at  Rotterdam,  the  best  friend  of  the 
Palatines  in  Holland,^^  gave  an  extensive  account  as  to 
how  the  Synods  had  come  to  take  up  the  care  of  the 
churches  in  Pennsylvania.     In  it  he  wrote: 

These  present  Germans  in  Pennsylvania  have  immigrated  thither 
from  various  parts  of  Germany,  not  in  order  to  secure  liberty  of 
worship,  which  they  enjoyed  in  their  own  land,  but  to  realize  better 
means  of  subsistence.  Most  of  them  came  from  the  Palatinate, 
concerning  whom  the  Great  Consistory  of  the  Palatinate,  consist- 
ing of  civil  and  ecclesiastical  persons,  addressed  itself  to  the  Synod 
of  this  country  by  means  of  letters,  sent  some  years  ago  to  me,  and 
by  me  delivered  to  the  Very  Reverend  Synod,  showing  that  being 
oppressed  as  they  were,  they  were  not  in  a  condition  to  furnish  any 
assistance  to  these  people,  for  the  securing  of  any  ministers  of  the 
Word,  and  asked  therefore  that  our  Synod  would  be  kind  enough 
to  extend  a  helping  hand.  This  the  Synod  subsequently  accepted 
as  an  affair  of  the  utmost  importance,  these  people  belonging  to 
the  pure  Reformed  religion  and  having  been  accustomed  to  our 
Catechism  and  Confession  of  Faith.  .  .  . 

In  the  next  place  the  condition  of  the  church  among  them  ought 
to  be  noted.  They  consist  of  several  thousand,  whose  exact  num- 
ber cannot  even  be  guessed  at,  because  they  live  scattered  through 
the  whole  country  in  forests,  without  any  civil  or  ecclesiastical 
union,  so  that  those  living  in  Philadelphia  know  as  little  about 

3*  John  Wilhelrnius,  son  of  William  Wilhelmius,  was  born  Decembei 
4,  1671,  at  Hardwyk.  He  studied  at  Leyden,  where  he  also  took  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  philosophy.  He  was  first  pastor  at  Twisk,  then  professor  of 
theology  in  the  Reformed  University  at  Lingen,  and  finally  pastor  at  Rot- 
terdam, 1713-1748.  He  died  March  3,  1754.  He  was  a  faithful  friend 
of  the  Reformed  Church  of  Pennsylvania.  See  Biographish  JVordenboek 
der  Ncderlanden,  20ste  Deel,  Haarlem,  1877. 


30  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

those  living  at  other  places,  as  we  in  Holland  know  about  our 
co-religionists  in  Poland  or  Hungary.  .  .  . 

These  people  have  organized  themselves  in  three  places  into  con- 
gregations and  have  built  for  themselves  three  churches,  of  which 
the  first  is  in  Philadelphia,  where  they  now  have  a  small  stone 
church,  towards  which  those  of  the  larger  English  church  have 
manifested  their  liberality.  The  second  is  at  Germantown,  a  vil- 
lage eight  hours^^  distant  from  it,  that  being  a  large  barn  built 
upon  the  land  of  the  notorious  [befaamden]  RyiiE  and  now  en- 
larged, on  which  account  they  are  in  debt  to  the  amount  of  2500 
guilders.     The  third  [church]  is  at  Schibbach. 

For  the  ministry  of  these  churches  Do.  Wys  [Weiss]  has  been 
in  service,  who  came  over  with  a  colony  of  these  Palatines  [die  met 
eene  Colonie  dezer  Paltzers  is  overgekomen]  and  who  now  has 
left  his  service,  having  been  called  to  one  of  the  churches  of  New 
Netherland  [New  York].  The  other  is  Do.  Boom  [Boehm], 
against  whom  the  congregation  is  greatly  embittered,  and  from 
whom  they  have  no  service.  The  third  is  candidate  Rieger,  who 
came  over  with  another  colony  and  became  minister  there,  but  now 
has  openly  turned  Quaker  and  refuses  to  baptize  children  and  pub- 
licly teaches,  to  the  disturbance  of  these  congregations,  that  one 
can  be  saved  in  every  religion. 

There  are  a  number  of  points  in  this  report  which  de- 
serve special  emphasis.  We  notice  first  of  all  that  the 
grossly  exaggerated  figures  of  the  1731  report,  regarding 
the  Reformed  people  in  Pennsylvania,  have  been  materially 
reduced.  Instead  of  15,000  we  read  only  of  "several 
thousand,"  which  is  certainly  much  nearer  the  truth.  We 
also  learn  that  the  Reformed  people  in  Pennsylvania 
passed  under  the  care  of  the  "Fathers"  in  Holland  in 
answer  to  the  urgent  representations  made  to  them  by  the 

35  This  distance  is  of  course  much  too  great.  Eight  hours  represent 
twenty-four  miles.  In  reality  the  Reformed  churches  of  Philadelphia  and 
Germantown  were  only  six  miles  apart.  See  the  statement  of  Boehm  in 
his  report  of  1734  in  Minutes  and  Letters  of  the  Coetus  of  I^ennsylvanta,  p.  i. 

y 


Report  of  Wilhelmius  31 

Upper  Consistory  of  the  Palatinate.  The  first  letter  from 
the  Heidelberg  Consistory  was  laid  before  the  South  Hol- 
land Synod  in  1728.  Moreover,  both  Mr.  Weiss  as  well 
as  Mr.  Rieger  came  with  Reformed  colonies  to  Pennsyl- 
vania. The  statements  about  the  three  Reformed  churches 
in  Pennsylvania  in  1735  are  inaccurate  in  almost  all  par- 
ticulars. No  small  stone  church,  erected  by  Reformed 
people,  existed  in  that  year  in  Philadelphia.  The  reli- 
gious services  of  the  Reformed  people  were  rather  held  in 
an  old  butcher  shop.^^  It  stood  on  Arch  Street  above 
Fifth  and  belonged  to  Mr.  Andrew  Hamilton,  who  had 
rented  it  to  Reformed  and  Lutherans  for  their  joint  use. 
The  stone  church  of  which  the  report  speaks  was  rather 
built  in  Germantown.  Mr.  Boehm  is  authority  for  the  fact 
that  there  was  "a  well  built,  pretty  large  stone  church "^'^ 
in  Germantown,  erected  by  the  Reformed  people  there  in 
1733.      Finally  it  was  the  Skippack   Reformed   church 

^6  Mr.  Boehm,  in  his  report  of  1744,  refers  to  it  in  the  following  words: 
"  At  Philadelphia  we  had  thus  far,  in  common  with  the  Lutherans,  an 
old  and  dilapidated  butcher's  shop,  at  an  annual  rent  of  three  pounds; 
finally  this  was  raised  to  four  pounds,  which  we  must  pay  alone,  for  the 
Lurtherans  have  built  a  church  there  70  by  45  feet."  See  Minutes  and 
Letters  of  the  Coetus  of  Pennsylvania,  p.  23.  A  similar  statement  is  made 
by  Muehlenberg,  see  Selbstbiographie,  Allentown,  1881,  p.  128.  Zinzen- 
dorf  calls  it  "  an  old  barn,"  see  Biidingische  Sammlungen,  Vol.  Ill,  p. 
579;  of.  Hallesche  Nachrichten,  new  ed.,  Vol.  I,  p.  39.  It  belonged  to 
Andrew  Hamilton,  Esq.,  until  his  death  in  1741,  when  it  passed  into  the 
hands  of  his  son-in-law.  Justice  William  Allen.  See  Dotterer,  Rev.  John 
Philip  Boehm,  p.  9.  Schlatter  entered  into  the  church  record  at  Philadel- 
phia the  following  statement  regarding  it:  "Thus  far  [till  December, 
1747]  the  congregation  has  worshipped,  every  other  Sunday,  in  an  old 
small  house,  made  of  boards,  from  November,  1734,  together  with  the 
Lutheran  congregation.  But  when  the  Evangelicals  [Lutherans]  built  a 
stone  church  in  the  year  1744,  we  had  it  alone  and  paid  annually  to  Mr. 
William  Allen  the  sum  of  four  pounds."  See  also  Life  and  Letters  of 
Boehm,  p.  329,  note  213. 

3^  See  his  report  of  1739,  in  the  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  12. 


K 


32  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

which  was  built  on  the  land  of  Mr.  Reiff,  not  the  church 
in  Germantown,  and  that  there  was  a  debt  of  2500  guilders 
resting  upon  It  Is  another  remarkable  exaggeration  in  the 
Dutch  records,  due  no  doubt  to  exaggerated  reports  that 
had  come  from  Pennsylvania. 

In  view  of  these  Inaccuracies  in  the  report  of  Dr.  Wil- 
helmlus,  his  statement  about  Weiss  might  also  be  open  to 
doubt,  were  it  not  for  the  fact  that  It  is  fully  supported  by 
a  Latin  testimonial  which  was  given  to  Mr.  Weiss  by  the 
Palatinate  Consistory  on  May  i,  1727.  The  original  of 
this  certificate  Is  no  longer  In  existence,  but  a  copy  of  It  was 
entered  by  Mr.  Weiss  himself  into  the  church  record  of  the 
old  Catskill  Reformed  Church  at  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  of  which 
Weiss  was  pastor  from  1732  to  1735.  As  It  Is  an  Im- 
portant historical  document  which  has  thus  far  escaped  the 
notice  of  hlstorians^^  we  offer  a  translation  of  the  whole 
certificate: 

Ordination  Certificate  of  Rev.  George  M.  Weiss,  May 

I,  1727. 

Greeting  to  the  Kind  Reader! 

He  who  once  foretold  that  at  evening  time  it  shall  be  light  [Zech. 
14:  7],  when  contrary  to  the  hope  and  expectation  of  all,  the  King 
of  kings  and  the  Lord  of  lords  shall,  as  it  were,  suddenly  take  his 
stand  for  His  struggling  Church,  even  as  He  appeared  at  one  time 
to  the  Apostles  in  the  night  following  the  resurrection,  when,  for 
dread  of  the  Jews,  the  doors  were  closed, — whence  no  one  can 
doubt  that  in  the  same  manner  He  will  be  near  His  holy  Church, 
when  it  will  be  shut  in  by  foes  and  deserted  by  its  own.  For  thus 
it  has  pleased  the  Divine  Wisdom  and  Goodness  that  just  then 

38  It  was  mentionrd  by  Dr.  Corwin  in  his  Manual  of  the  Reformed 
Church  of  America,  3d  ed.,  1879,  p.  544.  The  writer  owes  his  copy  to 
the  kindness  of  the  present  pastor,  Rev.  John  H.  Dykstra,  who  very  readily 
gave  him  access  to  it. 


Ordination  Certificate  of  Weiss  33 

when  the  Omnipotent  has  seen  that  the  hand  of  the  defenders  has 
failed,  the  arm  of  the  Lord  should  put  on  strength  and  claim  for 
Himself  His  own,  whereby  should  become  all  the  more  conspicuous 
that  great  Salvation,  which  was  promised  to  the  Sardensian  circle 
[Rev.  3:4],  numbering  few  survivors  only,  but  also  to  each  most 
beloved  Philadelphia,  when  He  shall  see  it  [Philadelphia]  drawing 
near  and  yearning  to  unite  with  Him:  Then  it  will  surely  come  to 
pass  that,  after  its  forces  have  become  ver}'^  small,  it  shall  grow 
into  large  forces,  large  companies  and  into  an  army  formidable  unto 
its  enemies,  to  which  even  the  most  distant  peoples  and  nations 
shall  be  accessible  and  doors  shall  be  opened,  never  afterwards  to 
be  closed;  whereby  there  shall  be  gathered  to  the  Savior,  the  Son 
of  God,  a  people  wholly  new,  even  if  it  must  be  sought  in  another 
continent. 

Wherefore,  since  the  most  excellent  Sir,  distinguished  through 
ability  and  learning,  George  Michael  Weiss,  from  Eppingen  in 
the  Palatinate,  a  candidate  of  Sacred  Theology,  determined  to 
apply  the  divinely  granted  gifts  to  this  most  laudable  use,  that  he 
might  labor  to  the  best  of  his  ability  for  the  extension  of  the  King- 
dom of  God,  which  is  the  kingdom  of  love;  hence,  after  having 
devoted  himself  to  the  fine  arts  of  the  humanities  and  to  philosophy, 
he  consecrated  himself  wholly  to  the  even  sublimer  studies  of 
theology,  in  which  he  made  such  happy  progress  in  a  short  time 
that  he  was  deemed  worthy  to  be  permitted  to  undergo  the  exami- 
nation for  the  ministry.  In  this  he  proved  his  diligence  to  our 
Senate  in  such  a  manner  that  we  not  only  hoped  but  were  also  con- 
fident that  he  would  some  day  perform  a  useful  work  for  the 
Church  of  Christ. 

Wherefore,  since  he  announced  of  late  that  he  had  conceived  the 
plan  with  some  of  his  fellow-citizens  and  other  friends,  well  known 
to  him,  to  undertake  a  journey  to  the  transatlantic  parts  of  the 
world,  if  it  should  please  the  Divine  Providence  to  entrust  him 
there  with  the  leadership  of  a  congregational  flock,  to  teach  and  to 
guide  them  there,  and  since  he  asked  that  to  that  end  he  be  fully 
inducted  into  the  spiritual  office  with  the  laying  on  of  hands, 

Therefore,  since  the  purity  of  his  morals,  his  humility  and  espe- 
4 


34  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

cially  his  piety  that  flows  from  it,  were  well  known  to  us,  and  since 
our  Senate  was  at  the  same  time  well  aware  of  the  progress  he  had 
made  in  the  knowledge  of  the  theological  sciences  and  in  thorough 
acquaintance  with  the  sacred  languages,  we  hesitated  all  the  less 
to  grant  his  request  since  we  could  cherish  the  certain  hope  that 
the  Chief  Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  to  whom  his  own  are  well  known, 
though  they  live  in  the  most  distant  parts  of  the  world,  would  not 
withhold  his  support  from  the  undertaking  of  an  honest  mind. 

Hence  we  have  admitted  him  to  the  office  of  the  ministry  of  the 
divine  Word  and  have  ordained  him  by  the  imposition  of  hands 
and  by  extending  to  him  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  in  the  sacred 
ministry. 

It  now  remains  for  us  only  to  implore  God,  the  best  and  the 
highest,  the  ruler  of  the  world  and  the  church,  that  He  may  prove 
himself  to  be  the  companion  of  his  journey.  May  He  bless  his 
labors  most  abundantly  and  whatever  plans  he  makes,  whatever 
labors  he  undertakes,  may  He  crown  and  advance  them  with  the 
most  desired  success. 

Given  in  Heidelberg  on  the  Calends  of 

May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  MDCCXXVH. 

Director  and  Councillors  of  the 

Senate  of  the  Palatinate  Church. 

C.  L.  MiEG.  Pl.  Pastoir. 

P.  R.  FOLAD. 

In  view  of  this  document  there  can  be  no  longer  any 
doubt  that  Mr.  Weiss  was  actually  the  leader  of  the  colony, 
at  whose  head  he  appeared  in  signing  the  declaration  of 
allegiance  on  September  21,  1727. 

Of  the  colonists  who  came  with  Weiss  to  Pennsylvania, 
apparently  only  four  remained  in  Philadelphia,  the  rest 
scattered  over  the  province.  Those  who  are  found  among 
the  Reformed  members  in  Philadelphia  are:  Hans  Michel 
Diel,  Rudolf  Wellecker,  Hans  Georg  Kremer  and  Hans 


Companions  of  Weiss  35 

Henrich  Weller.^o  To  Goshenhoppen  went  five,  Johann 
Friedrich  Hilligas,  Johannes  Huth,  Hans  Michel  Zimmer- 
man, Benedict  Strohm,  and  Hans  Georg  Welcker.  Alex- 
ander Dubendorffer  appears  later  as  a  member  at  Great 
Swamp.  Three  settled  at  Sklppack,^^  Hans  Georg  Bow- 
man, Sebastian  Smith  and  Ulrich  Staffon  [Stephen],  and 
two  in  the  Conestoga  valley,  Hans  Georg  Schwab  and  prob- 
ably Leonart  Seltenreich.  The  rest  have  not  yet  been 
found. 

When  Mr.  Weiss  appeared  in  Pennsylvania  in  1727, 
he  found  the  beginnings  of  religious  life  among  the  Re- 
formed people  in  the  province  already  in  existence.  In 
1725  the  beginning  had  been  made  by  two  laymen,  by  John 
Philip  Boehm  in  the  Perkiomen  valley  and  by  Conrad 
Tempelman  in  the  Conestoga  valley.  No  sooner  had 
Weiss  heard  that  Boehm,  a  layman,  was  acting  as  a  min- 
ister than  he  tried  to  stop  him  in  his  work.  On  October  2, 
1727,  he  addressed  a  letter  to  Mr.  John  George  Schwab,^i 
one  if  his  travelling  companions,  who  had  settled  in  the  V^ 

Conestoga  valley,  in  which  he  informed  him  of  his  readi- 
ness  to  preach  for  the  Reformed  people  at  Conestoga,  but 
also  expressed  his  surprise 

that  Mr.  Boehm  allows  himself  to  be  used  as  a  minister,  indeed 
that  he  usurps  such  privileges  and  authority  as  do  by  no  means 
belong  to  him,  nor  have  been  accorded  to  him  by  the  clergy,  as  I 
have  learnt,  to  my  satisfaction  from  the  ministers  here,  but  that  he 
assumes  so  important  an  office  miCrely  at  the  instigation  of  the  peo- 

39  These  names  appear  among  others  signed  to  a  call  which  was  given 
to  Mr.  Boehm  by  the  Philadelphia  congregation  on  April  20,  1734,  see 
Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  117;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  233. 

^opor  these  names  see  the  letter  of  the  Skippack  congregation,  dated 
May  30,  1730,  printed  below,  p.  58,  and  Dotterer,  Historical  Notes,  p.  103. 

«  Printed  in  full  in  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  pp.  51-53;  also  in 
Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  212-214. 


36  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

pie,  while  he  cannot  boast  either  of  an  external  or  of  an  internal 
call.  .  .  .  Wherefore  I  cannot  conscientiously  recognize  Mr. 
Boehm  as  a  Reformed  teacher  and  preacher,  until  he  submits  to  an 
examination  and  is  ordained  in  Apostolic  manner,  which  he  will 
never  be  able  to  do. 

Weiss  followed  up  this  letter  with  a  personal  letter  ad- 
dressed to  Mr.  Boehm^-  on  November  28,  1727,  in  which 
he  challenged  his  right  to  the  ministry  and  summoned  him 
to  appear  in  the  manse  of  the  Presbyterian  minister  in 
Philadelphia  for  the  purpose  of  being  examined  as  to  his 
qualifications  for  the  ministry.  Mr.  Boehm,  of  course, 
ignored  this  letter,  but  his  followers  called  upon  Mr,  Weiss 
to  produce  a  proof  of  his  own  claims  to  be  considered  a 
regularly  ordained  minister.  Weiss  showed  them  his 
Latin  certificate  from  Heidelberg,  dated  May  i,  1727,  but 
none  could  read  it.  He  was  then  challenged  to  produce 
a  German  certificate,  which  ordinary  people  were  able  to 
understand.  As  a  result  Mr.  Weiss  was  compelled  to 
write  to  Heidelberg,  on  December  3,  1727,  and  he  re- 
ceived from  the  authorities  there  the  following  reply,  dated 
April  26,  1728,  of  which  he  has  also  left  a  copy  in  the 
Catskill  record  book:^^ 

Certificate  of  Palatinate  Consistory,  April  26,  1728. 

Whereas  Mr.  George  Michael  Weiss,  born  in  Eppingen,  in  the 
Electoral  Palatinate  and  at  present  stationed  as  a  High  German 
Reformed  minister  at  Philadelphia  in  Pennsylvania,  under  date  of 
December  3rd,  of  the  last  year,  made  his  report  to  the  Consistory 

*-  This  letter  of  Weiss  is  translated  and  printed  in  Journal  of  P.  //.  S., 
Vol.  VII,  p.  54  f. ;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  211  f. 

*^  First  published  by  Dr.  Weiser  in  his  Monograph,  p.  28  f.,  but  with  a 
number  of  minor  inaccuracies,  as  my  own  transcript  made  directly  from 
the  record  shows.  My  translation  differs  accordingly  from  his  in  a  few 
places. 


Palatinate  Consistory  37 

of  the  Electoral   Palatinate  concerning   the  present  condition   of 
religion  and  of  the  church  affairs  there — 

And  whereas,  on  this  occasion  he  gave  us  to  understand,  that 
(although  he  received  from  this  Consistory  a  Latin  certificate  of 
his  life  and  doctrine  at  the  time  of  his  journey  thither)  he  needs 
also  a  certificate  in  German,  because  of  certain  circumstances  in 
which  he  is  placed  and  especially  on  account  of  those  who  do  not 
understand  any  other  language  [but  German]  : — 

Therefore,  we  testify,  as  we  did  before,  that  he  is  not  only  ortho- 
dox in  his  doctrine  and  unblamable  in  his  life,  peaceable  and  socia- 
ble in  his  conduct,  but  he  has  also  been  found  edifying  in  the 
sermons  which  he  has  preached  on  several  occasions,  and  we  have 
no  doubt  that,  if  the  Lord  grant  him  life  and  health,  he  will  be  of 
great  usefulness  under  divine  blessing  and  be  a  means  of  edifying 
many  souls. 

The  infinitely  good  and  merciful  God  and  Father  extend  to  him 
light  and  strength  in  full  measure,  from  the  fulness  of  his  grace 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  that  the  work  of  the  Lord  now  begun 
may,  through  his  ministry,  make  great  progress,  that  the  wealth  of 
the  nations  be  brought  to  the  Lord  and  their  kings  be  led  unto 
him.^3* 

Heidelberg,  the  26th  of  April  1728. 
(L.S.)        A.  VON  LuLS.  L,  C.  Mieg. 

When  Mr.  Weiss  shortly  afterwards  came  in  contact 
with  the  Presbyterian  minister,  at  Philadelphia,  Mr.  Jedi- 
diah  Andrews,  the  latter  formed  an  equally  good  opinion 
of  him,  for  on  October  14,  1730,  he  wrote  a  letter  to  his 
friend,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Prince  of  Boston,  in  which  he 
paid  Mr.  Weiss  a  fine  tribute.     He  wrote  :^* 

There  is,  besides.  In  this  Province,  a  vast  number  of  Palatines, 
and  they  come  in  still,  every  year.  Those  y*.  have  come  of  late 
years  are,  mostly,  Presbyt'n,  or,  as  they  call  themselves.  Reformed, 

«aCf.  Isaiah  60:  11. 

^^  First  printed  in  Hazard's  Register,  Vol.  XV,  p.  zoo. 


38  History  of  the  Goshcnhoppcn   Charge 

the  Palatinate  being  about  three  fifths  of  that  sort  of  people;  they 
did  use  to  come  to  me,  for  baptism  of  their  children,  and  many 
joined  with  us,  in  the  other  sacram't.  They  never  had  a  minister, 
'till  about  0  [read  3]*^  years  ago,  who  is  a  bright  young  man  and  a 
fine  scholar.  He  is  at  present  absent,  being  gone  to  Holland,  to 
get  money  to  build  a  ch'ch,  in  this  city;  but  they  are  scattered  all 
over  the  country;  those  yt.  live  in  Town,  are  mostly  a  kind  of 
Gibeonites,  hewers  of  wood  etc.  They  are  diligent,  sober,  frugal 
people,  rarely  charged  with  any  misdemeanors.  Many  of  'em, 
yt  live  in  the  country  and  have  farms,  by  their  industry  and  frugal 
ways  of  living,  grow  rich,  for  they  can  underlive  the  Britons,  etc. 
The  first  comers  of  'em,  tho'  called  Palatines,  because  they  come 
lastly  from  that  country,  are  mostly  Switzers,  being  drove  from  the 
Canton  of  Bern,  for  they  are  Baptists,^^  and  won't  fight  or  swear. 
They  don't  shave  their  heads  and  are  many  of  them  wealthy  men, 
having  got  the  best  land  in  the  Province.  They  live  60  or  70 
miles  off,  but  come  frequently  to  Town  with  their  waggons,  laden 
with  skins,  (which  belong  to  the  Indian  traders),  butter,  flour 
etc.  There  are  many  Lutherans,  and  some  Reformed,  mixed 
among  'em.  In  other  parts  of  the  country  they  are,  chiefly.  Re- 
formed, so  that  I  suppose  the  Presbyt'n  party  are  as  numerous  as 
the  Quakers  or  near  it. 

The  opposition  of  Weiss  to  Boehm's  ministry  Instead  of 
driving  Boehm  out  of  his  office,  induced  the  elders  of  his 
three  congregations  at  Skippack,  Whitemarsh  and  Falkner 
Swamp  to  appeal  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  through  the 
Dutch  Reformed  ministers  of  New  York.     The  petition 

*'  This  statement  has  caused  a  good  deal  of  discussion,  see  Weiser, 
Monograph,  p.  17  f.,  and  Good,  History,  p.  117,  note.  The  easiest  solu- 
tion of  the  difficulty  is  to  suppose  a  misprint  of  9  for  3,  because  the  letter 
as  originally  printed  in  Hazard's  Register,  Vol.  XV,  p.  200  f.,  uses  the 
figure  9,  not  the  word  "  nine,"  as  the  later  reprints  of  the  letter  do. 

<8  This  statement  refers  to  a  colony  of  German  Mennonites,  who  settled 
in  1709  and  following  years  along  the  Pequea  Creek  in  Lancaster  Count>', 
see  Rupp,  History  of  Lancaster  County,  pp.  72-114;  C.  H.  Smith,  The 
Mennonites  in  America,  Scottdale,   1909,  pp.  134-181. 


Ordination  of  Boehm  39 

of  the  consistories  of  Boehm's  churches  was  drawn  up  in 
July,  1728.  A  preliminary  answer  was  given  by  the 
Classis  on  December  i,  1728,  and  a  final  decision  on  June 
20,  1729,  in  which  the  call,  extended  to  Boehm  by  the  peo- 
ple, was  declared  valid  and  the  Dutch  ministers  of  New 
York  were  asked  to  ordain  Mr.  Boehm.  This  ordination 
of  Mr.  Boehm  took  place  in  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church 
in  New  York  on  November  23,  1729.^''^  On  the  follow- 
ing day  a  public  reconciliation  between  Mr.  Boehm  and 
Mr.  Weiss  (who  had  also  been  summoned  to  New  York) 
took  place,  in  which  each  promised  to  recognize  the  min- 
istry of  the  other  and  confine  himself  to  his  own  congre- 
gations, Mr.  Weiss  to  Philadelphia  and  Germantown,  Mr. 
Boehm  to  Falkner  Swamp,  Skippack  and  Whitemarsh. 
These  promises  were  unfortunately  not  kept  by  Mr.  Weiss, 
but  he  allowed  himself  to  be  persuaded  by  his  followers 
to  disregard  them. 

Of  the  ministry  of  Weiss  at  Goshenhoppen  little  is 
known,  and  all  that  we  know  comes  from  the  pen  of  Mr. 
Boehm.  The  first  communion  service,  on  October  12, 
1727,  has  already  been  referred  to.  In  the  same  letter  of 
Boehm,  quoted  above,  he  writes  :^^ 

At  the  above  mentioned  Goschenhoppen  on  the  same  12th  of 
October  and  later  on  the  19th  at  Schipbach,  that  is  in  the  very 
place  in  which  I  had  been  regularly  called,  and  also  on  the  26th  in 
Philadelphia,  in  these  public  assemblies  he  spoke  of  me  by  name 
and  declared  me  to  be  an  incompetent  preacher,  w^hom  he  did  not 
regard  as  fit  to  administer  the  holy  sacraments. 

*^  The  papers  relating  to  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Boehm  have  been 
printed  repeatedly.  See  Mercersburg  Revieiu,  Vol.  XXIII  (1876),  pp. 
528-557;  Ecclesiastical  Records  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Vol.  IV,  pp. 
2+25-2437,  2468-75,  2478-88;  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VI,  pp.  303-324; 
also  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  155-183. 

^^  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  56;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  216. 


40 


History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 


In  his  report  of  1739,  Mr.  Boehm  writes  of  Goshen- 
hoppen as  follows:^'' 

Of  this  congregation  I  know  little,  for  it  never  wanted  to  be 
under  our  Church  Order,  but  desired  to  be  its  own  master.  When 
Do.  Weiss,  as  stated  above,  came  into  the  country  and  created  great 
confusion,  they  faithfully  adhered  to  him. 

It  was  during  his  ministry  at  Goshenhoppen  that  Mr. 
Weiss  made  numerous  missionary  tours  throughout  the 
province.  Thus  he  preached  repeatedly  to  the  Reformed 
settlers  In  the  Conestoga  valley.  He  was  also  the  first 
Reformed  minister  who  preached  at  Oley,  unless  Rev. 
Samuel  Guldin  was  there  before  him,  of  which,  however, 


we  have  no  contemporaneous  evidence.  As  to  his  activity 
at  Oley,  Mr.  Boehm  wrote  as  follows  to  Holland  In  No- 
vember, 1730:^" 

Mr.  Weiss  celebrated  the  Lord's  Supper,  without  previous  prep- 
aration, at  a  place  named  Oley,  where  the  sect  calling  itself  the 
"New  Born"  (originated)  and  baptized  at  the  same  time  several 
children,  among  (as  is  reported)  were  also  Indian  children,  who 
as  unbelievers,  go  about  like  wild  animals,  without  knowledge  of 
God  or  of  his  Word.  Of  which  he  boasted  with  his  own  mouth 
before  Peter  Zenger,  sexton  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  New  York, 
as  the  latter  himself  declared. 

*8  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  9. 

^0  Journal  of  P.  //.  S.,  VoK  VII,  p.  58  ;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  217  f. 


Book  of  Weiss  on  Newborn 


41 


The  contact  of  Mr.  Weiss  with  the  New  Born  at  Oley 
called  forth  the  first  book  written  by  a  German  Reformed 
minister  in  Pennsylvania  and  printed  there  in  1729.^^  Its 
title  may  be  rendered  as  follows  in  English : 

The  Preacher, / traveling  about  in  the  American  Wilderness/ 
among  different  nationalities  and  religions  /  and  frequently  at- 
tacked,/portrayed  and  presented /in  a  conversation  with  a /Citi- 
zen and  a  New  Born.  /  Treating  of  different  subjects  but  especially 
of /the  New  Birth.  /  Prepared  and /brought  to  light  out  of  his 
own  experience  and  /  for  the  advancement  of  the  glory  of  /  Jesus,  / 
by  George  Michael  Weiss,  V.D.M.  / 

Printed  at  Philadelphia  /  by  Andrew  Bradford,  1729. 

The  purpose  of  the  book  was  to  show  that  the  doctrines 
taught  by  the  New  Born  were  neither  rational  nor  scrip- 
tural. Their  rejection  of  prayer  and  of  the  holy  scrip- 
tures, their  repudiation  of  the  ministry  and  of  religious 
worship,  including  the  sacraments,  together  with  their 
claims  of  perfect  sinlessness  could  not  be  accepted  because 
they  were  against  reason  and  Holy  Scripture. 

The  reference  to  the  baptism  of  Indian  children  at  Oley, 
sometime  between  17 27-1 730,  is  decidedly  interesting. 
It  is  by  far  the  earliest  Indian  baptism  in  Pennsylvania  i^ 
knovyn  to  the  writer.  That  Weiss  was  much  interested  in 
the  Indians  is  shown  by  a  book  which  he  wrote  later  in 
life  at  Burnetsfield,  New  York.  The  minutes  of  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam,   under  date  September  3,    1742, 

"  The  only  known  copy  of  this  exceedingly  rare  book  was  found  by  the 
writer  in  1899  in  the  Congressional  Library  at  Washington,  D.  C.  For 
an  account  of  it  see  Reformed  Church  Messenger  of  March  9  and  16,  1899; 
also  Dr.  Sachse's  German  Sectarians  of  Pennsylvania,  Vol.  I,  pp.  155-159. 
It  was  reprinted  and  translated  in  Penn  Germania,  Vol.  I,  pp.  336-361. 


42  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 


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SCHEN  WILDNUSZ 
Luer  Menfchen  von  verfchicdenea 

NatiQUcn  und  Rcligionen 

Hid  und  wieder  Aerum   W^ndciDe 

Ond  ycrichicdcntlich    Angefochtcfle 

PREDIGER. 

Abgeffifthlet  und  vorg€ftd)<t 

Ixi  cinem   Gefpraech  mit  Eincm 

PiiUiico  und  NeupeoarcBgn^ 

Vcrfchiedene     StucK     Infonderhdt 

Die  NfHgfiurr  betr<flendc, 
Vfirlcttigctj^^iind  zu  Bcfordemug  dcrEht 

J   E   S  U 
SdUfe    aus     ^igener  "Erfahrung    an    das 

Lick  gebrdcht 

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Vin  CeorgfMiihaA  JV^ff  V.    D.  M. 


Ccdxixckt:  hzf  Andrew^  Btadfotdtl  171^ 


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Book  of  Weiss  on  Indians  43 

refer  to  the  receipt  of  a  letter  of  Weiss,  dated  May  10, 
1741:=^ 

The  Book  of  Weiss  on  the  Indians,  1741. 

This  letter  was  accompanied  by  a  package,  in  which  the  Rev. 
Weiss  sends  over:  (i)  A  small  painting  of  the  wild  men  of  North 
America,  mentioned  above  in  the  letter.  (2)  "A  faithful  descrip- 
tion of  the  savages  in  North  America,  as  to  their  persons,  charac- 
teristics, tribes,  languages,  names,  houses,  dress,  ornaments,  mar- 
riages, food,  drink,  domestic  implements,  housekeeping,  hunting, 
fishing,  war,  superstitions,  political  government,  besides  other  re- 
markable matters,  composed  from  personal  experience,  by  George 
Michael  Weiss,  V.  D.  M."  Thus  reads  the  title.  This  descrip- 
tion covers  ninety-six  and  a  half  pages,  in  8  vo.,  besides  the  preface 
[dedication],  which  is  brief,  to  the  Classis.  In  this  he  states  the 
reasons  which  induced  him  thereto  fviz.  to  prepare  this  book] 
and  to  communicate  the  same  to  the  Classis.  He  doubted  not  that 
it  would  be  agreeable  to  the  Classis,  and  would  be  looked  upon 
favorably,  since  he  is  cognizant  of  the  paternal  love  which  the  Rev. 
Classis  bears  towards  him.  It  ends  with  a  wish  for  our  prosperity 
and  blessing.  The  introduction  is  signed  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  by 
Rev.  Weiss  of  Burnetsfield,  October  4,  1741.  Then  follows  the 
description  itself. 

Unfortunately  no  copy  of  this  book  has  been  preserved, 
which  is  much  to  be  regretted,  as  his  description  of  Indian 
manners  and  customs  would  no  doubt  have  proved  to  be 
very  interesting. 

When  Weiss  came  to  Pennsylvania  he  found  most  of 

^2  Ecclesiastical  Records  of  Neiv  York,  Vol.  IV,  p.  2778.  In  a  letter  to 
the  Classis  on  July  14,  1741,  Weiss  informs  the  Classis  "  that,  inasmuch  as 
he  has  had  excellent  opportunities  to  obferve  the  ways  of  the  wild  men 
(Indians),  and  inasmuch  as  these  people  are  very  interesting,  he  has  on 
several  occasion  spoken  to  them  by  means  of  an  interpreter,  about  Chris- 
tian doctrines,  and  has  baptized  many  of  them,  at  their  request,"  /.  c, 
p.  2760. 


44  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

the  Reformed  people  there  in  great  poverty,  unable  to  pay 
their  minister  a  decent  salary.  A  letter  of  Rev.  John  B. 
Rieger  and  Dr.  John  Jacob  Diemer  sets  forth  the  situation 
very  clearly.  They  write  to  the  Deputies  of  the  Synods, 
under  date  March  4,  1733:'^^ 

For  most  of  the  people,  who  come  hither  and  have  no  means,  are 
compelled  to  sell  themselves  and  also  their  children  who  generally 
must  serve  until  their  20th  year,  as  here  in  Philadelphia  some  hun- 
dreds are  in  the  service  of  the  English  people,  but  have  the  privi- 
lege to  attend  our  services.  ...  At  Philadelphia,  which  is  the 
capital,  and  where  most  of  the  grain  is  shipped,  in  order  to  convey 
it  to  other  lands,  there  are  but  ten  [Reformed]  families,  which  are 
well-to-do,  all  the  others  are  in  service.  Among  the  townships 
Schippach  is  the  most  thickly  settled,  where  about  forty  families 
may  be  counted,  but  they  are  for  the  most  part  poor,  and  it  is  nearly 
thirty  miles  from  the  city.  The  other  localities  are  at  a  still 
greater  distance. 

When  Mr.  Weiss  faced  these  conditions  for  the  first 
time  he  felt  much  inclined  to  give  up  his  work,  in  Pennsyl- 
vania and  return  to  Germany.  This  appears  clearly  in  a 
statement  of  Jacob  Reiff,  which  will  be  presented  later  in 
connection  with  his  trip  to  Holland.^^ 

Meanwhile,  in  order  to  increase  his  income,  Weiss 
offered  to  give  instruction  in  some  of  the  subjects  which 
he  had  studied  in  the  University  of  Heidelberg. 

Beginning  with  February  10,  1730,  and  continuing 
through  eight  successive  weekly  issues  of  the  American 
Weekly  Mercury,  printed  by  Andrew  Bradford  in  Phila- 

^3  This  letter  is  preserved  in  the  Syiiodical  archives  at  the  Hague,  74, 
I,  15.  The  numbers  of  the  documents  at  the  Hague  are  quoted  according 
to  the  number  given  to  them  in  the  printed  catalogue,  entitled  Catalogus 
van  het  Oud  Synodaal  Archlef,  bevverkt  door  H.  Q.  Janssen,  's  Graven- 
hage,  1878. 

^*  Sec  below,  p.  46. 


Advertisement  of  IFeiss  45 

delphia,  Weiss  had  the  following  notice  inserted  in  that 
paper: 

This  is  to  give  notice,  that  the  subscriber  hereof,  being  desirous 
to  be  as  generally  useful  as  he  can  in  this  country  (wherein  he  is 
a  stranger)  do  declare  his  willingness  to  teach  Logick,  Natural 
Philosophy,  Metaphysicks  etc.  to  all  such  as.  are  willing  to  learn. 
The  Place  of  Teaching  will  be  at  the  widow  Sprogel's  in  the  Sec- 
ond Street,  Philadelphia,  where  he  will  attend,  if  he  has  encour- 
agement. Three  times  a  week  for  that  Exercise. 

N.  B.  All  persons  that  come,  either  as  Learners,  or  Hearers, 
will  be  civilly  Treated.  By  G.  M.  Minister  of  the  Reformed 
Palatine  Church. 


In  the  first  insertion  he  signs  himself  "  G.M.,"  then 
twice  "  G.  Michael,"  then  six  times,  from  March  3-April 
6,  1730,  in  full  "G.  Michael  Weiss." 

It  is  very  doubtful  whether  the  people  of  Philadelphia 
at  that  time,  struggling  for  the  very  necessaries  of  life, 
cared  much  about  being  instructed  in  the  mysteries  of  phi- 
losophy or  the  abstractions  of  metaphysics.  At  any  rate, 
a  inonth  after  the  last  advertisement  we  find  Weiss  prepar- 
ing to  return  to  Holland  for  the  purpose  of  raising  there 
some  money  for  his  needy  churches. 


4^  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  Collecting  Tour  of  Weiss  and  Reiff  to 
Holland,  1730-31. 

It  is  interesting  to  trace  this  new  undertaking  of  Weiss 
to  its  origin.  When  three  years  later  [in  1733],  Jacob 
Reiff  was  cited  into  court,  to  give  an  account  of  the  moneys 
collected  in  Holland,  he  stated  :^° 

He  [the  defendant]  further  answereth  and  saith  that  the  said 
congregations  of  Philadelphia  and  Skippack  in  conjunction  with 
their  minister  George  Michael  Weitzlus  (alias  Weiss)  did  prefer 
a  petition  to  the  excellent  Classis  of  Divinity  in  the  United  Prov- 
inces, which  petition  this  defendant  saith  was  signed  and  subscribed 
by  the  church  wardens  or  elders  of  both  the  said  congregations  of 
Philadelphia  and  Skippack  and  (as  this  defendant  remembers)  it 
set  forth  the  unhapp}'  and  necessitous  condition  of  the  said  congre- 
gations and  prayed  the  charitable  donations  of  the  said  Classis,  and 
this  defendant  delivered  the  said  petition  to  Dr.  Wilhelmus  in  the 
Bill  named.  This  defendant  believes  a  report  was  spread  in  Pen- 
silvania  that  collections  of  money  had  thereupon  been  made,  and 
that  before  such  news  arrived  the  said  George  Michael  Weitzius 
(alias  Weiss)  had  prepared  to  return  to  Holland  or  Germany,  and 
that  upon  receiving  the  said  news  the  said  congregations  or  one  of 
them  might  entreat  him  to  stay,  to  which  the  said  George  Michael 
Weitzius  (alias  Weiss)  might  make  such  answer  as  in  the  com- 
plainants said  bill  of  complaint  is  set  forth,  and  might  promise  to 
serve  them  to  the  utmost  of  his  power;  and  this  defendant  doth 
acknowledge  himself  to  have  been  a  member  of  the  German  Re- 
formed Church  of  Skippack  from  its  first  establishment,  but  not  of 
the  German  Reformed  Church  of  Philadelphia,  as  in  the  bill 
charged.  And  this  defendant  doth  deny  that  he  usually  traded 
into  Holland  or  Germany,  as  in  the  complainants  said  bill  of  com- 
plaint is  falsely  suggested,  other  than  and  except  that  this  defendant 
went  over  there  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  twenty  seven  to  fetch  his  relations  and  laid  out  his  money  (as 

55  See  papers  in  Reiff  Case,  printed  in  Reformed  Quarterly  Review, 
Vol.  XL  (1893),  p.  61. 


Collecting   Tour  of  Weiss  47 

passengers  generally  do)  In  goods  fit  for  sale  in  this  country.  And 
this  defendant  saith  that  before  or  since  that  time  he  never  carried 
on  any  trade  to  or  from  Holland  or  Germany  (except  as  herein- 
after mentioned).  And  this  defendant  doth  admit  that  he  was 
acquainted  with  Doctor  Wilhelmus  in  the  bill  named,  and  was 
informed  by  him  that  a  collection  had  been  made  in  favor  of  said 
congregations  of  the  German  Reformed  Church  of  Philadelphia 
and  Skippack  to  the  amount  of  about  two  hundred  guilders,  but 
knows  not  of  his  own  knowledge  what  sum  was  collected.  And 
this  defendant  saith  that  the  said  Doctor  Wilhelmus  requested  him 
this  defendant  to  receive  the  monies  so  collected  for  use  of  the  sd. 
congregations  of  Philadelphia  and  Skippack.  But  this  defendant 
absolutely  refused  so  to  do,  having  been  informed  by  letter  from 
some  of  his  friends  in  Pensilvania  that  some  of  the  members  of  the 
sd.  congregations  were  jealous  or  entertained  some  suspicions  of  this 
defendants'  honesty,  or  to  that  purpose.  And  this  defendant  saith 
that  he  this  defendant  returned  to  [from]  Holland  from  [to] 
Pennsylvania  in  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1729, 

From  this  statement  a  number  of  important  facts  can 
be  gathered: 

1.  The  Reformed  congregations  of  Philadelphia  and 
Skippack  had  drawn  up  a  petition,  addressed  to  the  Re- 
formed Classis  of  Holland,  asking  for  a  collection  to  be 
taken  up  in  their  behalf. 

2.  This  petition  was  personally  delivered  by  Jacob 
Reiff  to  Dr.  Wilhelmius,  then  pastor  in  Rotterdam.  And, 
as  Reiff,  according  to  his  own  statement,  went  to  Holland 
only  once  before  his  journey  in  1730,  namely  in  1727, 
when  he  intended  "to  fetch  his  relations,"  this  petition 
must  have  been  written  and  was  delivered  in  1727. 

3.  Weiss  had  become  so  disheartened  in  Pennsylvania, 
that  even  before  an  answer  to  this  petition  was  received, 
he  had  made  up  his  mind  to  return  to  Europe,  and  it  was 
only  when  it  became  apparent  that  the  people  of  Holland 


48  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

had  acted  favorably  upon  the  petition  that  he  promised  his 
congregations  in  Pennsylvania  to  serve  them  to  the  utmost 
of  his  power. 

4.  That  when  Reiff  returned  from  Germany  to  Hol- 
land, Dr.  Wilhelmius  offered  to  turn  the  money  collected 
for  the  Reformed  congregations  of  Philadelphia  and  Skip- 
pack  over  to  him,  but  Reiff  refused  to  accept  it,  as  he  had 
learnt  from  letters  that  his  honesty  had  been  questioned 
in  Pennsylvania. 

5.  Reiff  returned  to  Philadelphia  in  August,  1729. 
The  lawyer,  who  wrote  Reiff's  answer  to  the  bill  of  com- 
plaint, evidently  exchanged  the  prepositions  "to"  and 
"  from."  In  1729  Reiff  returned  "  from  "  Holland  "  to  " 
Pennsylvania  and  not  vice  versa. ^^  This  is  shown  by  the 
immigrant  lists,  for  on  August  19,  1729,  Reiff  landed  in 
Philadelphia  on  the  ship  Mortonhouse,  from  Rotterdam. 
With  him  were  Johannes  Reif,  evidently  a  relative.  Wen- 
del  Wiant,  Jacob  Sellser  [Selzer],  Johann  Peter  Moll, 
who  settled  in  Goshenhoppen;  Richard  Fetter  and  Hans 
Michael  Frohlich,  who  became  members  of  the  Reformed 
congregation  at  Philadelphia;  David  Montandon,  who  is 
found  in  Skippack  in  1730  and  Johan  Philip  Ranck  and 
Conrad  Worntz,  also  Reformed  people,  who  settled  in  the 
Conestoga  valley.  It  is  not  impossible  that  Reiff  was 
really  the  leader  of  this  whole  company. 

The  petition  of  1727,  which  Weiss  and  his  consistories 
addressed  to  the  Classes  of  Holland  and  which  was  deliv- 
ered to  Dr.  Wilhelmius,  found  its  way  to  the  Synod  of 

58  This  conclusion  is  made  absolutely  certain  by  a  sentence  which  occurs 
a  little  later  in  the  same  document:  "On  the  contrary  this  defendant  saith 
that  on  his  return  from  Holland  to  Pensilvania  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  as 
aforesaid  ...  he  had  no  thought  or  design  of  going  abroad  any  more"; 
/.  c,  p.  62. 


Synods  of  Holland  49 

North  Holland.     In  the  minutes  of  the  North  Holland 
Synod,  dated  July  27-August  5,  1728,  we  read:^^ 

The  corresponding  delegates  of  the  South  Holland  Synod  rec- 
ommended Philadelphia,  from  which  this  Christian  Synod  also 
received  a  letter,  containing  a  request  to  take  up  a  collection  for 
them,  for  the  building  of  a  new  church  by  our  fellow  believers  who 
have  fled  thither  from  the  Palatinate. 

This  is  the  very  first  reference  In  the  minutes  of  the 
North  Holland  Synod  to  the  Reformed  congregations  in 
Pennsylvania.  Weiss's  petition  of  1727  has,  therefore, 
the  distinction  of  being  the  first  link  In  the  chain  which 
brought  the  Reformed  churches  of  Holland  and  Pennsyl- 
vania together  and  was  the  beginning  of  a  union  which 
lasted  65  years  (1727-1792). 

But  Weiss  had  written  not  only  to  Holland,  he  had  also 
addressed  himself  to  the  consistory  of  the  Palatinate.  In 
the  German  certificate,  which  the  Upper  Consistory  of  the 
Palatinate  signed  for  him  on  April  26,  1728,  it  is  distinctly 
stated  that  In  asking  for  this  certificate  in  a  letter  dated 
December  3,  1727,  he  had  "made  a  report  to  the  Con- 
sistory of  the  Electoral  Palatinate  concerning  the  present 
religious  and  ecclesiastical  affairs  there." 

The  effect  of  this  letter  can  also  be  traced  In  the  Hol- 
land records,  for  at  the  meeting  of  the  South  Holland 
Synod  at  Woerden,  from  July  6-16,  1728  : 

The  president  read  a  letter  addressed  to  this  Christian  Synod  by 
the  Great  Consistory  of  Heidelberg,  containing  a  request  to  receive 
something  for  the  building  of  a  Church  in  Pennsylvania  by  our 
fellow-believers,  who  have  gone  thither  from  the  Palatinate,  be- 
cause they  are  compelled  to  conduct  divine  service  under  the  blue 
sky.  It  has  been  thought,  that  under  the  blessing  of  the  Almighty, 
this  affair  [undertaking]  might  result  in  a  large  blessing  for  the 

57  Ecclesiastical  Records  of  Neiv  York,  Vol.  IV,  p.  2424. 
5 


50  History   of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

Church  and,  therefore,  it  was  resolved  to  recommend  it  earnestly 
to  the  Classes. 

This  letter  is  also  the  first  one  on  record,  by  which  the 
/-  South  Holland  Synod  was  made  acquainted  with  the  con- 
dition of  the  Reformed  people  in  Pennsylvania.  Thus  we 
are  brought  to  the  important  conclusion  that  in  July,  1728, 
the  attention  both  of  the  North  and  the  South  Holland 
Synods  was  drawn  to  the  Reformed  churches  of  Pennsyl- 
vania through  the  influence  of  the  letters  of  Weiss,  written 
in  1727.  The  appeal  of  Mr.  Boehm's  congregations, 
written  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  in  July  1728,  did  not 
reach  Holland  till  November,  1728.  On  November  14, 
1728,  it  is  first  mentioned  in  the  Classical  Minutes. ^^ 
Hence  it  is  evident  that  the  letters  of  Weiss  must  be  given 
the  credit  of  having  first  directed  the  attention  of  the 
"  Fathers "  in  Holland  to  the  struggling  Reformed 
churches  in  Pennsylvania. 

When  Mr.  Weiss  heard  that,  in  answer  to  his  letters  to 
Holland  and  the  Palatinate,  collections  had  been  taken  in 
Holland  for  the  poor  Reformed  settlers  in  Pennsylvania, 
he  determined  to  return  to  Holland,  in  order  to  take  charge 
of  this  money  personally.  Before  he  left  he  arranged 
several  farewell  services  with  his  adherents  at  Skippack. 
On  May  17,  1730,  John  Philip  Boehm  wrote  about  them 
as  follows  to  the  Dutch  Reformed  ministers  in  New 
York:'^^ 

Then  he  [Weiss]  stayed  away  [from  Skippack]  for  some  time 
until  now,  on  the  30th  of  April,  he  returned  at  the  request  of  the 
seceders,  and  held  the  preparatory  service  and  on  May  ist  cele- 
brated the  Lord's  Supper.  He  likewise  preached  on  the  7th,  being 
Ascension  day,  and  again   to-day.     They  are  all  called   farewell 

5*  Ecclesiastical  Records  of  New  York,  Vol.  IV,  p.  2440. 

^^  Journal  of  P.  II.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  47;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  208. 


Letter  of  Boehm 


51 


servfces.  Moreover,  after  these  sermons  and  at  other  occasions  he 
baptized  various  children  and  married  people.  He  thus  revealed 
what  intention  he  had  in  mind  during  all  this  time.  Through  all 
this  our  poor  congregation,  which  has  been  completely  split  by  him, 
has  been  kept  thus  far  in  such  harmful  division  and  strife. 

Boehm  had  also  heard  about  the  object  of  Weiss's  jour- 
ney and  was  not  at  all  pleased  with  it.  He  regarded  it 
only  as  a  means  of  strengthening  still  more  the  opposition 
to  him.  Continuing  the  above  quoted  letter  to  New  York, 
he  wrote : 

Moreover  he  [Weiss]  is  now  setting  further  mischief  on  foot, 
for  he  has  resolved  to  cross  the  ocean  with  the  avowed  intention 
of  going  to  Holland  to  receive  the  money  which,  he  claims,  has 
been  collected  there  in  answer  to  his  letter.  He  intends  to  put  this 
out  at  interest,  so  he  can  live  on  it.  Then  he  is  going  to  return. 
Through  this  the  poor  seceding  members,  who  have  been  driven 
into  rebellion  through  him,  will  still  further  be  hardened. 


When  Weiss  was  ready  to  leave,  his  elders  associated 
Jacob  Reiff  with  him,  a  well-to-do  man  and  member  of  the 
Skippack  congregation,  for  they  feared  that  Weiss  might 
be  persuaded  to  stay  in  Holland  or  return  to  Germany. 
In  that  case  Reiff  was  to  take  charge  of  the  collected  money 
and  also  try  to  secure  them  another  minister.     That  this 


52  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

was  the  reason  why  Reiff  was  associated  with  Weiss  is 
asserted  in  a  letter  of  Rev.  John  B.  Rieger  and  Dr.  John 
Jacob  Diemer,  written  on  March  4,  1733,  to  the  Synod- 
ical  Deputies.     They  write  in  the  course  of  their  letter  :*^*^ 

When  Dominie  Weiss,  about  three  years  ago,  resolved  to  go  to 
Holland  and  Germany  to  present  our  need  to  good-hearted  souls 
eager  to  advance  the  honor  of  God,  a  doubt  arose  in  the  minds  of 
some  of  us,  whether  he  might  not  allow  himself  to  be  persuaded 
to  remain  in  Germany,  whereby  our  good  efforts  would  prove 
fruitless.  For  this  reason  we  associated  with  him  Jacob  Reif,  a 
naturalized  citizen  of  this  country  and  a  well-to-do  man,  who 
intended  to  travel  to  Germany,  and  we  gave  him  a  special  power  of 
attorney,  by  virtue  of  which  he  was  requested  to  take  charge  of  the 
collection,  in  case  Weiss  would  not  return,  and  act  in  accordance 
with  the  orders  of  the  consistory  of  Amsterdam  and  Rotterdam. 

That  a  possible  change  of  ministers  was  contemplated 
appears  also  from  a  statement  made  by  Do.  Wilhelmius 
before  the  Synod  of  North  Holland,  held  at  Enkhuysen, 
July  29-August  7,  1732.  The  minutes  of  that  meeting 
state : 

Do.  Wilhelmius  has  heard  that  the  Society  of  Merchants  has 
bought  a  large  district  in  Pennsylvania,  but  intended  to  sell  this 
land  again,  for  which  purpose  J.  Ryff  has  traveled  to  the  Palati- 
nate. The  said  Mr.  Wilhelmius  had  proposed  Mr.  Hottinger  to 
J,  Ryff,  with  the  view  of  sending  him  to  Pennsylvania,  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing  the  Church  there.  About  this  matter  J. 
Ryff  had  written  to  Wilhelmius,  that  he  had  spoken  to  Mr.  Hot- 
tinger about  it  and  that  he  was  not  without  hope  that  Mr.  Hot- 
tinger could  be  persuaded  to  do  this. 

From  these  two  documents  we  learn  incidentally  that 
Jacob  Reiff  had  other  reasons  for  going  to  Holland  and 
Germany  in  1730.     He  was  traveling  in  behalf  of  a  so- 

60  The  original  Is  in  the  Hague  archives,  74,  I,  15. 


Jacob  Reiff  in   Court  53 

ciety  of  merchants  as  a  land  agent,  and  probably  induced 
a  number  of  those  who  are  later  found  as  his  traveling 
companions  on  the  ship  "  Mortonhouse  "  to  go  with  him 
to  Pennsylvania. 

Reiff  himself  hotly  denied  in  his  answer  to  the  bill  of 
complaint  preferred  against  him  in  1732,  that  he  had  any 
other  motive  for  going  to  Holland  in  1730  except  to  serve 
the  congregations  of  Philadelphia  and  Germantown.  He 
said:^^ 

Answer  of  Reiff  to  Bill  of  Complaint,  September  4,  1733. 

[This  defendant]  denies  that  he  did  acquaint  the  said  congre- 
gations, church-wardens  or  elders,  or  any  person  or  persons  what- 
soever, that  he  intended  a  voyage  to  Holland  and  from  thence  to 
Frankfort  in  Germany,  or  that  he  should  be  glad  of  the  company 
of  the  said  George  Michael  Weitzius  (alias  Weiss)  or  that  he 
would  willingly  assist  him  in  doing  any  service  he  could  to  his 
brethren  of  the  Reformed  Church  of  Philadelphia;  or  that  if  he 
should  stand  in  need  of  any  money  for  that  purpose  or  for  his  own 
private  wants  that  he  this  defendant  would  furnish  him,  or  any- 
thing to  that  or  the  like  purpose,  as  in  the  said  bill  of  complaint  is 
falsely  suggested.  But  on  the  contrary  this  defendant  saith  that 
on  his  return  from  Holland  to  Pensilvania  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1729  as  aforesaid  (or  any  time  afterwards  till  prevailed  on  as  here- 
after mentioned)  he  had  no  thought  or  design  of  going  abroad  any 
more.  But  several  of  the  church-wardens  or  elders  of  the  said 
congregations  of  Philada,  and  Skippack  and  the  said  George 
Michael  Weitzius  (alias  Weiss)  frequently  applied  to  the  defendant 
and  earnestly  entreated  him  to  go  to  Holland  and  Germany  once 
more,  to  accompany  and  assist  the  said  George  Michael  Weitzius 
(alias  Weiss)  in  collecting  and  receiving  monies  collected  and  to  be 
collected  for  the  use  of  the  said  congregations.  And  the  better  to 
prevail  on  this  defendant  to  comply  with  their  request,  they  volun- 
tarily and  of  their  own  accord  faithfully  promised  that  they  would 

6^  Reformed  Quarterly  Revieiv,  Vol.  XL,  p.  61  f. 


54  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

reimburse  and  pay  to  him  this  defendant  all  costs  and  charges  and 
expenses  that  he  should  be  at  in  the  said  voyage,  and  that  they 
would  likewise  pay  and  allow  him  any  reasonable  satisfaction  for 
his  time  and  trouble  therein.  But  this  defendant  often  refused 
to  take  the  said  voyage,  this  defendant  being  then  employed  in  car- 
rying on  certain  buildings  on  his  plantation  at  Skippack,  and  it 
was  likely  to  be  very  prejudicial  to  this  defendants  affairs.  And 
this  defendant  saith  that  in  order  to  get  rid  of  their  importunities 
he  endeavored  to  get  some  other  person  to  undertake  the  said 
voyage  in  his  stead  and  accordingly  offered  £5  out  of  his  own 
pocket  to  one  Hans  William  Rohrich  who  was  willing  to  go.  But 
neither  of  the  said  congregations  thought  fit  to  trust  him.  And 
this  defendant  saith  that  by  the  continued  importunities  of  the  said 
members  of  the  said  congregations,  their  elders  or  church  wardens 
and  minister,  induced  by  their  fair  promises  expecting  that  agree- 
able thereto  he  should  be  reimbursed  all  the  charge  and  expense  he 
should  be  at  and  be  also  generously  rewarded  for  his  trouble,  and 
upon  the  said  elders  or  church-wardens  signing  an  instrument  for 
that  purpose,  he  the  said  defendant  was  at  length  prevailed  upon 
to  undertake  the  said  voyage,  tho'  hazardous,  troublesome  and  ver>' 
prejudicial  to  this  defendants  affairs  and  interest,  and  the  great 
displeasure  and  uneasiness  of  his  most  intimate  friends  and  rela- 
tions. And  this  defendant  saith  that  true  it  is  a  power  was  given 
to  this  defendant  signed  by  the  elders  or  church  wardens  of  both 
the  said  congregations  of  Philadelphia  and  Skippack,  but  denies  that 
the  said  power  is  of  the  purport  or  contents  in  the  bill  set  forth  or 
that  he  was  thereby  enjoined  to  observe  the  directions  of  the  Classis 
in  Holland,  as  may  appear  by  the  said  power  now  in  the  defendants 
possession  and  ready  to  be  produced  to  this  honorable  court,  a  copy 
whereof  is  to  this  defendants  answer  annexed,  which  this  defendant 
prays  may  be  taken  as  part  of  this  his  answer. 

This  power  of  attorney,  written  in  incoherent  German, 
with  several  words  left  out,  as  well  as  poorly  spelled,  was, 
according  to  Reiff's  copy  [presumably  correct]  as  follows  :"- 

•52  Reiff's  copy  of  this  power  of  attorney  is  in  the   Harbaugh  collection 
of  manuscripts;  printed  in  the  Reformed  Quarterly  Review,  Vol.  XL,  p.  58. 


Potter  of  Attorney  55 

Power  of  Attorney  Given  to  Reiff,  May  19,  1730. 

Forasmuch  as  our  pastor,  Mr.  Weiss,  has  resolved  to  take  a 
journey,  accompanied  by  Jacob  Reiff,  to  England  and  Rotterdam, 
for  the  purpose  of  receiving  the  collection  which  is  said  to  be  lying 
ready  there,  [intended]  for  the  erection  of  a  church  in  this  coun- 
try; authority  is  herewith  given  to  Jacob  Reiff  to  take  entire  charge, 
so  that  Mr.  Weiss  may  be  expedited  on  his  immediate  return  with 
the  same  to  Pennsylvania.  Therefore  we  also  entrust  everything 
to  his  good  conscience,  and  give  him  plenary  power  in  everything. 
In  testimony  whereof  we  subscribe  our  names.  Given  at  Phila- 
delphia, May  19,  1730. 

We  hereby  request  Jacob  Reiff  to  arrange  matters  in  such  a  way 
that,  if  Pastor  Weiss  should  or  would  not  return  to  this  country,®^ 
he,  Reiff,  may  at  once  bring  with  him  a  minister  from  Heidelberg, 
and  provide  him  with  whatever  is  most  necessary ;  because  if  monies 
collected  should  be  no  longer  on  hand,  we  deem  is  unnecessary  that 
Mr.  Weiss  proceed  further  in  his  journey,  but  that,  according  to 
his  best  judgment,  Jacob  Reiff  should  deliver  the  letters  at  their 
proper  destination  and  personally  ask  for  a  reply  thereto. 

Signed  by  all  the  elders  of  the  two  congregations  at  Philadelphia 
and  Skippack: 

[Philadelphia]  [Skippack] 

J.  DiEMER,  D.M.P.  Wendel  Keiber 

Pieter  Lecolie  Deobalt  Jung 

JOHANN   WiLLEM    RoRIG  ChRISTOFFEL  ScHMITT 

Henrich  Weller  Gerhart  (G.I.H.)  IndeHeven 

George  Peter  Hillengass  George  Reif 

Hans  Michel  Frolich  Georg  Philip  Dodder. 
Michel  Hillengass. 

It  is  significant  of  the  state  of  affairs  that  Reiff  admits 
in  his  answer  to  the  bill  of  complaint  "  that  at  the  time 
when  the  said  power  was  given,  the  said  George  Michael 

^3  This  statement  shows  that  there  was  still  a  lurking  suspicion  in  the 
minds  of  some  of  his  members  that  Weiss  would  not  return  to  Pennsylvania. 


56  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Weitzius  (alias  Weiss)  was  absent  and  this  defendant  be- 
lieves it  was  given  without  his  knowledge." 

When  Weiss  and  Reiff  left  for  Holland  they  took  with 
them  several  letters.  The  consistory  of  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed congregation  at  Neshaminy,  Bucks  County,  sent 
through  Mr.  Reiff  a  letter,  dated  May  3,  1730,  to  the  Rev. 
David  Knibbe  of  Leyden  and  the  Rev.  John  Wilhelmius 
of  Rotterdam,^^  asking  them  to  issue  in  their  name  a  call 
to  a  minister  for  the  Dutch  Reformed  church  in  Bucks 
County  at  a  salary  of  sixty  pounds,  and  sending  at  the 
same  time  a  sum  of  money  to  pay  his  traveling  expenses. 
Two  other  letters,  dated  May  10,  1730,  almost  identical  in 
contents,  were  sent  by  the  followers  of  Weiss  at  Skippack, 
one  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  the  other  to  the  Classis 
of  Rotterdam.  As  these  letters  have  not  been  published 
before,  we  offer  herewith  a  translation  of  the  letter  to  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam,  which  is  the  more  interesting  of 
the  two,  because  41  signatures  of  people  living  at  Skip- 
pack  in  1730,  are  affixed  to  it.     It  reads  as  follows  :^^ 

Letter  of  the  Skippack  Reformed  Church  to  the  Classis 
OF  Amsterdam,  May  10,  1730. 

Very  Worthy,  Very  Learned,  our  Highly  Respected  Gentlemen  of 

the  far  famed  Classis  of  Amsterdam. 

A  whole  congregation  ventures,  upon  the  request  of  the  elders 
and  deacons  of  the  Reformed  Church  and  Congregation  at  Skip- 
pack,  to  submit  this  present  letter  to  the  very  Reverend  Classis  of 

8*  This  letter,  together  with  the  old  church  records  of  the  congregation, 
is  now  in  the  archives  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  New  Brunswick, 
N.  J.  It  was  translated  and  published  by  the  writer  in  a  paper,  read  before 
the  Bucks  County  Hist.  Society,  January  19,  1918,  on  the  Life  and  Work  of 
the  Rev.  Peter  H.  Dorsius. 

<>5  The  original  of  this  letter  is  in  the  archives  of  the  Classis  of  Amster- 
dam, "  Pennsylvania  Portfolio,"  new  letters,  No.  4. 


Letter  of  Skippack   Church  57 

Amsterdam  with  the  request  to  look  upon  it  with  favorable  eyes. 
It  is  indeed  a  great  comfort  to  us  here  in  this  wilderness  that  a 
Reverend  Classis  has  taken  our  affairs  somewhat  to  heart,  which 
favor  we  are  certainly  unable  to  appreciate  sufficiently  with  a  thank- 
ful spirit,  yet  it  pains  us  that  we  are  unable  to  accept  and  recognize 
Mr.  Boehm  as  our  minister,  in  whose  behalf  a  letter  was  addressed 
to  the  Reverend  Classis,  in  the  name  of  the  congregation  at  Schi- 
bach.  This  is  due  to  the  fact,  that  he  did  not  hesitate,  without  our 
knowledge  and  against  our  will,  to  deceive  with  a  false  statement 
j'our  Reverences,  for  whom  we  have  and  shall  always  maintain  the 
highest  respect.  For  in  our  name  and  with  the  addition  of  some 
signatures  he  asked  and  petitioned  a  Reverend  Classis  about  things 
which  we  have  not  even  thought  of.  We  recognize  that,  in  answer 
to  Mr.  Boehm's  supplications,  the  Reverend  Classis  had  the  best 
interests  of  the  Reformed  Congregation  in  view  and  acted  very 
wisely,  but  it  was  certainly  desirable  that  Mr.  Boehm  should  have 
made  the  same  profession  of  his  intentions  here  in  this  country  as 
before  a  Reverend  Classis,  so  that  we  would  not  be  compelled  to 
annoy  you  with  complaints. 

We,  the  whole  congregation  in  the  neighborhood  of  Schibach 
creek,  are  well  satisfied  with  our  minister,  Mr.  Weiss,  who,  in 
answer  to  a  regular  call  and  upon  our  repeated  requests  and  desires, 
undertook  the  service  of  the  ministry  among  us.  We  are  deeply 
grieved  that  he  is  to  be  taken  from  our  congregation.  It  appears 
to  us  so  hard,  because  we  feel  as  if  we  were  no  longer  worthy  to 
hear  the  Word,  which  is  the  only  saving  means  of  grace,  from  a 
duly  ordained  minister  of  God's  Word,  who  insists  on  a  virtuous, 
loving  and  God-fearing  heart.  We  can  have  great  confidence  in  a 
man,  who  leads  a  good  life,  but  little  in  one  who  has  a  restless 
head  and  mixes  too  much  in  worldly  affairs.  Rev.  Mr.  Weiss 
read  on  December  7,  1729,  after  his  sermon  at  Schibach,  the  de- 
cision of  the  Reverend  Classis  regarding  the  ordination  of  Mr. 
Boehm  which  had  taken  place.  But,  as  we  were  greatly  dismayed 
about  this,  we  asked  Mr.  Weiss  to  spare  us  in  this,  as  we  could  not 
possibly  accept  Mr.  Boehm  and  recognize  him  as  a  minister.  The 
letter  which  Mr.  Boehm  had  written  some  time  ago  to  the  Reverend 


58 


History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 


Classis,  had  not  been  sent  with  our  knowledge  and  consent.  Now 
the  Reverend  Classis  can  easily  see  what  to  think  of  Mr.  Boehm's 
petition  and  how  he  deceived  us  all. 

We  hope  that  for  this  reason  the  Reverend  Classis  will  not  take 
it  amiss,  inasmuch  as  we  do  not  wish  to  give  thereby  offence  to  the 
whole  Reformed  Church  nor  any  occasion  for  slander  to  the  mani- 
fold sects  in  this  country. 

However,  we  heartily  forgive  Mr.  Boehm  for  what  he  has  done 
in  this  matter,  if  only  he  will  give  up  his  purpose.  We  herewith 
request  the  Reverend  Classis  to  favor  us  with  a  reply  in  so  impor- 
tant a  matter,  in  order  that  we  may  be  governed  by  it  and  not  be 
hindered  in  our  divine  services. 

With  all  dutiful  respect  all  of  us  remain  greatly  indebted  to  the 
Reverend  Classis, 

Schibach,  May  lo,  1730. 
The  most  submissive  and   obedient  servants   of   the   Reverend 
Classis,  Deacons  and  Elders  of  the  Congregation  at  Schibach : 

Wendel  Keupper  Gerhart  (G.I.H.)  Indeheven 

Christophel  Schmitt  Hans  Georg  Reiff. 


Dewald  Jung 
Johannes  Scroll 
Johannes  Lefeber 
Johannes  Leman 
JosT  Ferer 
Felix  Guth 
Henrich  H  Huwer 
Jerg  (G)  Gernan 
Valentin  ( V  H  A)  Hans  Amen 
LoRENTZ  Schweitzer 
Johannes  (O)  Willhe 
Peter  Wence 
Nicklas  Loscher 
Christian  Weber 
Peter  Borger 


Jagob  Keller 

Marte  Hiltebeudel 

Ulrich  Steffen 

JoHAN  Jacob  Arndt 

Hans  Adam  (H  M)  Mauer 

Johann  Philb  Ried 

Phillips  Henrich  Soller 

Johannes  Lebo 

Bastian  Schmit 

Hans  File  Steinheindig 

Jacob  Heidschuh 

Jost  Scheuler 

Jacob  Hanf 

David  Montandon 

Hans  Jerg  Bauman 


y 


Weiss  in  Holland  59 

Carl  Ludwig  Keipper  Friderich  Scholl 

Andreas  Hack  Jacel  Leidy 

Ludwig  Schefer  Georg  Philib  Dodder. 

WiLLHELM  SCHMIT 

The  point  made  against  Boehm  in  this  complaint  was  of 
course  poorly  taken.  In  order  to  have  a  valid  petition 
Boehm  did  not  need  to  have  the  signatures  and  consent  of 
all  the  members  of  his  congregations.  It  was  enough  that 
he  had  the  signatures  of  all  his  elders.  The  plaint  of  the 
seceders  at  Skippack  amounts  simply  to  this,  that  Boehm 
did  not  take  them,  his  enemies,  into  his  confidence.  There 
was  no  deception  in  that  and  no  sensible  man  can  blame 
him  for  not  doing  it.  It  was  the  part  of  wisdom  to  keep 
his  own  counsels. 

Before  Weiss  and  Reiff  reached  Holland  the  Synod  of 
South  Holland  had  been  held  July  4  to  14,  1730,  at 
Breda,^^  at  which  its  president.  Rev.  Dr.  Wilhelmius  of 
Rotterdam,  read  a  lengthy  report.  In  it  he  stated  among 
other  things  that  the  number  of  Reformed  confessors  from 
the  Palatinate  then  in  Pennsylvania  was  15,000.  They 
were  increasing  year  by  year  through  new  arrivals.  Only 
a  few  weeks  before  the  meeting  of  Synod,  three  ships  with 
600  emigrants  had  passed  through  Rotterdam.  The 
same  report  was  also  read  before  the  Synod  of  North  Hol- 
land, held  July  21  to  August  3,  1730.  As  a  result  of  this 
report  the  church  of  Pennsylvania  was  earnestly  recom- 
mended to  the  benevolence  of  the  Classes. 

Weiss  and  Reiff  arrived  in  Holland  shortly  after  the  ses- 
sions of  these  Synods.     We  first  meet  them  at  Haarlem^" 

66  There  is  no  evidence  that  Weiss  and  Reiff  were  present  at  the  Synod 
of  Breda.     Their  names  are  not  mentioned  in  the  minutes  of  that  meeting. 

^''  These  dates  are  based  on  the  list  of  contributions  printed  in  the 
writer's  "  History  of  the  Reiff  Case,"  in  Mr.  Dotterer's  Historical  Notes, 
p.   153.     There  are  three  contemporaneous  copies  of  this  list:   (1)    In  the 


) 


6o  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

on  August  lo,  where  the  Rev.  Jacob  Geelkerke  handed 
them  fl.  390,  collected  by  the  Synod  of  North  Holland. 
A  few  days  later,  on  August  15  to  16,  they  were  at  Rot- 
terdam, where  the  Rev.  Alardus  Tiele  gave  them,  by 
order  of  the  Synod  on  South  Holland,  held  at  Kuilenburg 
in  1729,  fl.  696.12,  and  the  Rev.  Barth.  Van  Velse  handed 
over  the  contributions  of  the  Synod  just  held  at  Breda  in 
1730,  namely  fl.  79.  At  the  same  time  they  appeared 
before  the  Synodical  Deputies,  whose  minutes  of  August 
15  to  16,  1730,  give  us  the  following  information: 

Weiss  and  Reiff  before  the  Synodical  Deputies. 

1.  The  Deputies  of  the  Synods  have  requested  the  Rev.  Classis 
of  Schieland  to  appoint  some  of  her  midst  to  make  further  inquiries, 
in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Rev.  Synod  of  South  Hol- 
land, held  at  Breda,  regarding  the  report  touching  the  churches  in 
Pennsylvania,  which  had  been  presented  to  the  Synod.  They  hear 
with  much  satisfaction  from  the  mouth  of  the  president,  Do. 
Wilhelmius,  that  a  good  opportunity  will  be  aiiforded  to  do  this,  be- 
cause the  Rev.  George  Michael  Weitzius,  minister  at  Philadelphia 
and  an  elder  of  that  congregation*'^^  are  at  present  in  Rotterdam. 

2.  Who  having  been  interviewed  at  length  b>  the  Deputies 
about  the  condition  of  the  church  and  the  contents  of  the  memorial, 
presented  before  Syond,  it  was  resolved  to  further  discuss  the  matter 
with  them  tomorrow  at  the  house  of  Do.  Wilhelmius. 

3.  Having  met  here,  the  above  mentioned  Do.  Weitzius 

{a)  presented  to  the  Deputies  his  certificate  of  examination  and 
the  commission  given  to  him  by  Upper  Consistory  at  Heidelberg, 

Harbaugh  manuscripts  (see  Ref.  Quarterly  Revieiv,  Vol.  XL  (1893),  p. 
68  f.)  ;  (2)  in  the  Minutes  of  the  Synodical  Deputies,  under  date  April 
13-16,  1739  (see  Dotterer's  Historical  Notes,  p.  153)  ;  (3)  in  the  letter 
book  at  the  Hague,  74,  II,  3.  pp.  15.  16. 

"''^Reif  was  not  an  elder,  but  only  a  member  of  the  Skippack  Church, 
see  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  237;  see  also  his  own  statement,  above, 
p.  46. 

y 


Weiss  before  Deputies  6i 

dated  May  i,  1727,  and  renewed  by  the  said  Consistory  on  April 
26,  1728. 

{b)  He  gave  an  account  of  the  large  number  of  Reformed 
people  in  Pennsylvania,  w^ho  have  been  served  hitherto  by  him  alone 
and  by  a  certain  Philip  Beem  [Boehm],  w^ho  has  set  himself  up  as 
a  teacher,  although  being  without  education  and  having  no  proper 
call,  but  who  through  wrong  information  was  examined,  it  seems, 
and  admitted  to  the  ministry  by  one  of  the  ministers  of  New 
Netherland,  upon  the  order  of  the  Rev.  Classis  of  Amsterdam, 
about  which  the  congregation  at  Philadelphia  and  at  Skippack 
wrote  a  letter  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  and  also  to  the  Classis 
of  Schieland,  dated  May  30,  1730,  signed  by  forty-four  persons, 
requesting  that  the  above  mentioned  Beem  might  not  be  forced  upon 
them  as  their  minister. 

(c)  He  accepted  the  request  to  prepare  a  chart,  showing  the 
different  colonies  of  the  Palatines,  the  distance  of  one  from  the 
other,  and  how  many  churches  ought  to  be  built  there  for  their 
service,  and  how  many  shepherds  or  teachers  would  be  necessary 
to  serve  them  properly,  and  he  agreed  further  to  give  a  detailed 
written  account  concerning  the  whole  condition  of  the  land  and 
the  Palatines  living  therein. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  of  September  12  to  14, 
1730,  add:  "This  report  came  after  the  close  of  the  ses- 
sions and  was  communicated  to  the  Deputies." 

It  is  very  unfortunate  that  this  report  and  chart  of  Weiss 
are  no  longer  in  existence,  for  they  would  have  given  us 
no  doubt  important  information  regarding  the  various 
German  settlements  in  the  province  and  the  earliest  Re- 
formed congregations. 

On  September  4,  1730,  Weiss  and  Reiff  were  in  Am- 
sterdam, where  they  appeared  before  the  famous  Classis 
of  that  city.     The  Classical  Minutes  state?  that: 

Do.  G.  Mich.  Wijs,  minister  at  Philadelphia,  appeared  with  an 
elder  of  Schibach  and  made  known  that  the  congregation  at  Schi- 


A 


62  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

bach,  from  which  also  a  letter  had  been  received,  is  very  much  dis- 
turbed and  in  great  confusion,  because  the  congregation  refuses  to 
recognize  Do.  Boehm  as  a  properly  ordained  minister,  who  has 
been  installed  as  their  pastor,  in  accordance  with  the  order  of  this 
Classis,  by  the  ministers  of  New  York,  which  can  be  seen  in  the 
Acts  of  January  ii,  1729.  His  Reverence  requested  this  Classis 
to  take  such  measures  as  would  restore  the  peace  of  the  congrega- 
tion. Whereupon  the  Deputies  for  foreign  affairs  were  asked  to 
investigate  this  matter  carefully  and  present  their  recommendations 
to  this  body. 

Further  his  Reverence  requested  a  contribution  to  build  a  church 
at  Philadelphia  in  Pennsylvania,  which  congregation  is  recom- 
mended to  the  charity  of  all  the  congregations  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  Classis. 

The  two  travelers  remained  in  Amsterdam  for  several 
months.  On  October  18,  1730,  the  burgomasters  of  the 
city  permitted  them  to  collect  fl.  600.  A  list  of  contribu- 
tions spread  out  upon  the  minutes  of  the  Synodical  Depu- 
ties under  date  April  14,  1739,  shows  that  this  sum  was 
actually  collected.  The  permit  issued  to  them  has  been 
translated  and  printed  several  times,  but  as  it  is  desirable 
to  have  all  the  documents,  bearing  on  their  stay  in  Hol- 
land, put  together  in  one  place,  we  may  be  pardoned  for 
repeating  it  in  this  connection,  with  a  itw  minor  correc- 
tions:°® 

Permit  of  Burgomasters  of  Amsterdam,  October  18.  1730. 

The  Burgomasters  and  Magistrates  of  the  City  of  Amsterdam, 
upon  the  report  made  to  their  Honors  by  George  Michael  Weiss, 
minister,  and  Jacob  Reiff,  elder,  as  commissioners  of  the  Reformed 
congregation  at  Philadelphia,  concerning  the  miserable  condition 
of  the  said  congregation,  consisting  in  general  of  poor  and  needy 

^8  A  contemporaneous  copy  of  this  permit  in  Dutch,  from  \vhich  the 
above  translation  was  made,  is  found  at  the  Hague,  Vol.  74,  II,  3. 


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Weiss  in  Amsterdam  63 

people,  who  were  compelled  by  religious  persecution  or  from  lack 
of  subsistence  to  emigrate  thither,  and  after  long  and  expensive 
journeys  had  to  settle  there  empty  handed;  and  being  without 
places  and  opportunities  for  the  exercise  of  their  religion,  and  for 
the  propagation  of  the  Christian  Reformed  religion,  have  resolved, 
in  order  to  so  far  come  to  the  aid  of  these  poor  banished  brethren 
in  the  faith,  in  the  attainment  of  their  desires,  as  to  grant  and  per- 
mit to  their  aforesaid  commissioners,  being  assisted  by  John  Peter 
Bolthuysen,  a  resident  of  this  city,  that  these  same,  within  this  city 
and  its  jurisdiction,  may  visit  the  homes  of  the  good  citizens  and 
residents  and  may  solicit  of  the  same  most  courteously  the  gifts 
and  donations  of  their  Christian  sympathy,  such  as  they  may  be 
willing  to  contribute  to  them ;  moreover,  that  they  may  accept  such 
gifts  and  contributions  with  gratitude  to  the  amount  of  six  hun- 
dred guilders  and  no  more. 

Done  at  Amsterdam  on  the  i8th  of  October  1730. 

By  ordinance  of  their  Excellencies  aforesaid 

(L.S.)  S.  B.  Elias. 

On  October  19,  1730,  the  consistory  of  the  Reformed 
Church  at  Amsterdam  gave  fl.  150,  through  Rev.  John 
Visscher,  pro  tern,  president  of  Synod  and  on  the  follow- 
ing day  the  diaconate  added  fl.  600,  through  Wm.  Coeven- 
hoven,  deacon. 

During  October  and  November  private  persons  in  Hol- 
land contributed  fl.  217,  so  that  the  total  of  all  the  contri- 
butions received  was  fl.  2132.12. 

The  last  reference  to  the  presence  of  the  two  delegates 
in  Holland  is  found  in  the  minutes  of  the  Classis  of  the 
Hague,  which  mentions,  under  date  November  6,  1730, 
a  Latin  letter  of  Do.  Weiss,  addressed  to  the  Classis,  in 
which  he  asked  for  their  help  and  encouragement. 

The  later  movements  of  Weiss  can  fortunately  be  traced 
by  an  account  which  he  submitted  in  May,  1738.  At  that 
time  he  made  a  trip  from  German  Flats,  N.  Y.,  to  Skip- 


64  History  of  the  Gosheuhoppen   Charge 

pack,  Pa.,  in  order  to  bring  the  long  standing  "  Reiff 
Case  "  to  a  final  settlement.  At  a  conference  held  at  Skip- 
pack,  Weiss  submitted  the  following  paper  to  be  signed 
by  his  former  elders.  He  did  not  succeed  in  getting  them 
to  sign  it,  but  they  made  a  copy  of  his  statement,  which 
ultimately  fell  into  the  hands  of  John  Philip  Boehm,  who 
promptly  forwarded  it  to  Holland.*^^  The  statement  of 
Weiss  was  as  follows : 

Statement  of  Weiss  Regarding  Money  Collected  in 
Holland. 

ScHiPACH,  May  8,  1738. 
Account,  made  with  J.  Reiff,  concerning  the  collected  money, 
which  he  received  in  my  presence  in  Holland  at  Rotterdam,  Haar- 
lem and  Amsterdam,  from  the  respective  donors,  of  which  he  made 
the  following  disposition,  namely: 

Receipts,  according  to  the  collection  book  added  together  in  sum 

total fl.  2104. — 

Expenditures,  being  for  necessary  expenses: 

1.  For  voyage  from  Philadelphia  to  London  without  the  provisions 

taken  along £1 8. — 

2.  For  provisions  in  London  during  about  one  mcnth,  with  the 

duty  for  myself  and  Jacob  Reiff £5.sh.7.d.6. 

3.  For  passage  from  London  to  Rotterdam  for  each  I5sh.  sterling, 

I  chini  [guinea]  for  the  bed  and  3sh.  sterl.  for  the  board. 

4.  Expenses   for  half  a  year's   board    in    Holland   and   necessary 

travels,  700  Dutch  guilders. 

5.  At    Rotterdam,   shortly   before   my   return    to   London,   Jacob 

Reiff  gave  me  250  Dutch  guilders,  with  which  I  paid  to  pas- 
sage from  Rotterdam  to  London  (when  J.  Reiff  remained  in 
Holland,  I5sh.  one  chini  [guinea]  for  the  bed,  6sh.  for  the 
board. 

^^  Boehm's  copy   is   in   the  Pennsylvania   Portfolio  of  the   Classical   Ar- 
chives, No.  20. 


Return  of  Weiss  to  America  6$ 

The  passage  from  London  to  Maryland  £8.— without  the  pro- 
visions taken  along. 

The  journey  from  Maryland  to  Philadelphia  by  sea  £3,sh.i2,d.i. 
Board  in  London  i6sh. 

In  addition  for  my  labor  and  trouble  I  ask  £50  for  the  year. 

N.B.  Jac.  Reiff  declares  to  have  paid  me  for  clothes  and  books 
iiofl.14  stuivers. 

When  pounds  and  shillings  are  referred  to,  sterling  money  is 
meant. 

This  statement  reveals  the  fact  that  Weiss  stayed  in 
Holland  six  months.  Since  he  arrived  about  August  10, 
1730,  he  must  have  left  it  about  February  10,  173 1. 
Then  he  returned  to  Pennsylvania  by  way  of  London  and 
Maryland. 

Besides  collecting  about  fl.  2100  for  the  congregations 
of  Philadelphia  and  Skippack  and  rousing  much  Interest 
for  the  Reformed  people  In  Pennsylvania,  the  visit  of 
Weiss  in  Holland  had  another  Important  result.  It  led 
to  the  publication  of  the  first  printed  report  regarding  the 
Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  which  was  laid  before 
the  Synod  of  South  Holland,  convened  at  Dortrecht  from 
July  3  to  13,  I73i,and  was  ordered  printed  by  that  Synod. 
The  minutes  of  that  meeting  state  regarding  It: 

Minutes  of  South  Holland  Synod  on  Reformed  Church 
IN  Pennsylvania,  July  3-13,  1731. 

The  Reverend  Deputies  of  the  Synod  reported,  that,  in  obedience 
to  the  resolution  of  Synod,  they  had  gathered  full  information,  with 
the  assistance  of  the  commissioners  of  the  Reverend  Classes  of 
Delft  and  Delftland  as  well  as  of  Schieland,  from  the  lips  of  Do. 
Georgius  Michael  Weitzius,  minister  at  Philadelphia  and  from  his 
elder,  who  have  come  over  hither  [to  Holland], ■^°  as  well  as  from 

^"This  statement  proves  that  the  "  Berigt "  of  1731   was  based  on   the 
reports  of  Weiss,  but  it  was  not  actually  written  by  him,  as  has  been  stated 


66  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

thorough  reports  and  letters,  regarding  the  condition  of  the  churches 
in  Pensylvania,  which  consist  of  30,000  baptized  members,  among 
whom  are  about  15,000  [adult]  members.  They  were  served 
hitherto  by  only  one  minister,  namely  the  aforesaid  Do.  Weitz, 
besides  by  another,  Philippus  Beem  [Boehm],  who,  however,  has 
had  no  [preparatory]  studies  nor  a  call,  but  was  forced  upon  the 
congregation  rather  than  elected  by  it.  They  are  now  busy  with 
the  building  of  a  stone  church  with  materials  from  that  country. 
They  will  need  in  course  of  time  at  different  places  four  other 
churches,  together  with  a  minister  and  schoolmaster  for  each.  .  .  . 

Furthermore,  the  Reverend  Deputies  read  before  Synod  a  draught 
of  a  church  order  [constitution],  composed  at  the  express  request 
of  the  Palatine  colonists  in  Pennsylvania,  by  their  Reverences 
together  with  the  Commissioners  of  the  Classis  of  Delft  and  Delft- 
land,  as  well  as  those  of  Schieland,  which  according  to  their 
opinion  (subject  to  correction)  can  be  introduced  to  a  large  extent 
into  the  distant  churches,  in  harmony  with  the  usages  of  the  Pala- 
tinate. .  .  . 

The  Christian  Synod  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  Reverend  Depu- 
ties and  Commissioners  of  the  Classes  of  Delft,  Delftland  and 
Schieland  ought  to  be  thanked  for  the  trouble  and  efforts  expended 
in  this  far-reaching  aflFair  and  for  the  draught  of  a  church  order 
which  has  been  read. 

This  draught  should  be  printed  as  quickly  as  possible,  so  that 
during  the  sessions  of  this  Synod"^  their  Reverences,  the  correspond- 
ing delegates  as  well  as  the  members  of  Synod,  may  be  provided 
with  copies  and  thus  be  better  able  to  express  their  opinion  regard- 
ing it,  that  if  necessary,  the  draught  may  be  changed  or  amended 
and  then  be  sent  as  soon  as  possible  to  the  congregation  [in  Penn- 
sylvania].    The  commisioners  for  this  affair  shall  put  such  a  title 

repeatedly.  There  is  reason  to  think  that  the  author  of  the  "  Berigt "  was 
the  Rev.  John  Wilhelmius,  see  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  306,  note  190. 
^1  The  Synod  at  which  all  these  events  happened  was  the  Synod  of  Dort- 
recht  (or  Dort),  held  in  1731,  and  not  the  Synod  of  Breda  of  1730,  as  has 
been  stated  by  Dr.  Good  in  his  History  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the 
United  States,  p.  136,  and  repeated  by  Dr.  Corwin,  Manual  of  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  America,  4th  ed.,  p.  897. 


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Report  and  Instriicttons  67 

or  statement  upon  it  as  shall  make  it  evident  that  this  draught  is 
only  an  advice  or  counsel  which  the  Deputies  of  this  Synod,  to- 
gether with  the  Commissioners  of  Delft,  Delftland  and  Schiel'and, 
drew  up  at  the  request  preferred  to  them,  so  that  no  suspicion  may 
be  provoked  by  it.  This  was  done  and  the  copies  [of  the  draught] 
were  handed  over  to  the  members  present  and  to  each  Classis, 
according  to  the  number  they  had  asked  for. 

Copies  of  this  printed  report  have  come  down  to  us. 
One  was  bought  by  the  writer  in  Holland  for  his  friend, 
the  Rev.  Prof.  J.  I.  Good,  D.D.      It  is  entitled : 

Berigt,  /  en  /  Onderrigtinge,  /  nopens  en  aan  de  Colonie/en 
Kerke  /  van  /  Pensylvanien.  /  Opgestelt  en  Uytgegeven  door  de 
Gedeputeerden  van/de  E.  Christelyke  Synodus  van  Zuyd-Holland, 
/benevens  de  Gecommitteerden  van  de/E.  Classis  von  Delft  en 
Delfsland,  /  en  Schieland. 

Title  page,  one  page  of  introduction  and  18  pages  of 
text,  in  small  quarto. 

The  title  reads  in  English: 

Report  and  Instructions,  concerning  and  for  the  Colony  and 
Church  of  Pennsylvania.  Prepared  and  published  by  the  Deputies 
of  the  Rev.  Christian  Synod  of  South  Holland,  together  with  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Rev.  Classis  of  Delft,  Delftland  and  Schie- 
land. 

As  the  title  indicates  the  booklet  consists  of  two  parts: 
(i)  a  report,  covering  five  pages,  (2)  an  instruction  for 
the  regulation  of  the  churches  there,  pp.  6-18. 

The  report  gives  a  brief  description  of  Pennsylvania, 
its  location,  climate,  nature  of  soil,  products,  metals  and 
inhabitants.  It  then  traces  its  history  from  the  first  occu- 
pation of  the  country  by  the  Swedes,  to  its  surrender  to  the 
English  in  1665  and  its  acquisition  by  Penn  in  168 1.  It 
refers  to  the  establishment  of  Philadelphia  and  the  efforts 
of  Penn  to  attract  settlers  to  the  colony.     It  states  that 


68  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

many  inhabitants  of  Germany  were  attracted  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, Mennonites,  Lutherans  and  Reformed,  but  that  the 
last  were  nearly  half  of  the  whole  population  or  about 
15,000.  This  is,  of  course,  a  greatly  exaggerated  figure. 
Of  the  Reformed  people  it  is  said  that,  being  without  reli- 
gious services,  many  had  gone  over  to  the  Quakers.  Four 
years  ago  [1727]  their  first  minister  had  arrived,  Weiss, 
under  whom  they  had  formed  a  congregation  at  Skippack, 
but  that  one  minister  and  one  church  was  not  sufficient  for 
the  widely  scattered  Reformed  settlers.  Therefore  they 
needed  the  help  of  the  Reformd  Church  of  the  Nether- 
lands. With  their  help  even  the  Indians  might  be  reached 
and  converted.  The  log  church  at  Skippack  should  be 
replaced  by  one  of  stone  and  four  additional  churches 
should  be  erected. 

The  second  part  of  the  pamphlet,  called  instruction, 
proposes  the  complete  organization  of  the  Church  in  Penn- 
sylvania, looking  forward  even  to  the  formation  of  a 
Classis,  but  demanding  of  its  ministers  subscription  to  all 
the  formulas  of  unity,  adopted  by  the  Synod  of  Dort,  in- 
cluding the  Heidelberg  Catechism,  Belgic  Confession,  De- 
crees as  well  as  Post-Acta  of  the  Synod  of  Dort. 

Two  remarkable  facts  should  be  noted  with  regard  to 
this  proposed  constitution  for  the  Reformed  churches  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  first  is  that  it  exerted  absolutely  no 
influence  upon  the  constitutional  history  of  the  Reformed 
Church.  Mr.  Boehm  clung  tenaciously  to  his  own  consti- 
tution, drawn  up  in  1725,  which  had  been  permitted  by  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam  in  1729,  and  which  became  the  con- 
stitution of  the  Coetus  of  Pennsylvania  in  1748.  The 
other  fact  is  that  the  opponents  of  Boehm  circulated  an 
interpolated  manuscript  copy  of  this  constitution,  written 
it  was  claimed  by  Do.  Wilhelmius  in  Rotterdam,  which 


Certificate  of  Philadelphia  Church  69 

declared  that  the  church  in  Pennsylvania  was  an  altogether 
independent  church  and  could  choose  as  their  ministers 
whomsoever  they  pleased.  Through  this  letter  the  oppo- 
nents of  Boehm  tried  to  justify  their  existence  of  a  sepa- 
rate organization.''^^ 

When  Weiss  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  in  the  summer 
of  1 73 1,  he  found  the  churches  of  Philadelphia  and  Ger- 
mantown  under  the  care  of  another  minister  and  as  the 
Reformed  congregation  at  Huntersfield,  Schoharie  County, 
N.  Y.,  gave  him  a  call,  he  accepted  it  and  removed  to  the 
State  of  New  York.'^^ 

Before  Weiss  left  Philadelphia,  however,  he  requested 
and  received  the  following  letter  of  commendation  from 
his  elders  at  Philadelphia.  Of  this  letter,  too,  he  has 
spread  a  copy  upon  the  church  record  at  Catskill,  from 
which  the  writer  copied  the  original  German  recently. 
The  following  is  a  translation  of  this  certificate: 

Certificate  Given  to  Weiss  by  Philadelphia  Reformed 

Church. 

Copy  of  the  Attestation  given  to  me  by  my  late  congregation 
at  Philadelphia  in  Pennsylvania,  after  I  had  received  a  letter  from 
Schohary,  not  far  from  Albany. 

Inasmuch  as  our  late  pastor,  the  Rev.  Mr.  G.  M.  Weiss,  has 
now  resolved  to  leave  Philadelphia  and  go  to  Albany,  to  enter  there 

'-  A  copy  of  this  forged  letter  of  Wilhelmius  was  sent  to  Amsterdam 
by  Boehm.  It  is  in  the  Pennsylvania  Portfolio  of  letters  at  Amsterdam, 
new  letters,  No.  10.     It  is  printed  in  full  in  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm, 

pp.  303-311- 

^3  After  a  short  ministry  Weiss  left  Huntersfield  in  February,  1732.  A 
testimonial  given  him  at  the  time  of  his  removal,  February  22,  1732,  from 
the  Huntersfield  congregation,  is  spread  upon  the  Catskill  record.  Weiss 
received  and  accepted  a  call  from  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  at  Catskill, 
N.  Y.,  dated  February  8,  1732.  He  opened  the  Catskill  record  on  February 
25,  1732.     His  last  baptism  there  was  entered  into  the  record  July  6,  1735. 


7o  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

upon  his  calling,  according  to  the  divine  providence,  a  credible  tes- 
timonial is  given  him  herewith  by  the  congregation  here,  that, 
according  to  the  obligations  of  a  minister,  he  discharged  the  duties 
of  his  office  piously,  faithfully  and  diligently  and  led  such  a  Chris- 
tian life  that  the  whole  congregation  was  well  satisfied  with  him, 
as  we  also  wish  him  the  blessing  of  God  for  his  undertaking.  In 
testimony  of  which  and  in  the  interest  of  truth  we,  the  elders  of 
the  Reformed  Congregation,  have  hereunto  set  our  signatures  and 
affixed  our  seals. 

Given  in  Philadelphia,  the  22nd  of  September  1731- 

JOH.   DiEMER,  (L.S.)  PlETER  LeCOLIE  (L.S.) 

JOHANN  WiLHELM   ROHRIG    (L.S.) 

Henrich  Weller  (L.S.) 

Conrad  Reiff  (L.S.) 

Gerhardt  in  de  Heffen      (L.S.) 

With  this  letter  Weiss  left  Philadelphia  and  went  to  his 
new  field  of  labor  in  the  state  of  New  York. 


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CHAPTER  II. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  John  Peter  Miller,  1730- 1734. 

N  August  29,  1730,  there  appeared  in  the 
courthouse  of  Philadelphia  a  man  who  was 
destined  to  play  a  prominent  part  in  the  reli- 
gious life  of  Pennsylvania.  It  was  John 
Peter  Miller,  the  later  monk  at  Ephrata, 
who  came  to  Pennsylvania  as  a  Reformed 
candidate  of  theology. 

The  life  of  John  Peter  Miller  has  often  been  sketched,'^* 
but  no  one  has  ever  attempted  to  gather  together  all  the 
documents  bearing  on  the  few  years  which  he  spent  as 
minister  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania.  This 
shall  be  our  aim,  to  shed  as  much  light  as  possible  upon 
his  short  career  as  a  Reformed  minister. 

On  December  29,  1725,  there  registered  in  the  matricu- 
lation book  of  the  University  of  Heidelberg  "Johannes 

^*  For  earlier  accounts  of  Peter  Miller  see  Harbaugh,  Fathers  of  the 
Reformed  Church,  Vol.  I  (1857),  pp.  301-311;  Dubbs,  Historic  Manual  of 
the  Reformed  Church,  1885,  pp.  175-187;  Good,  History  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  United  States,  1725-1792,  Reading,  1899,  pp.  160-165; 
Dubbs,  Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  1902,  pp.  94-99;  Sachse,  Ger- 
man Sectarians  of  Pennsylvania,  Vol.  I,  passim ;  also  "  John  Peter  Miller  " 
in  The  Pennsylvania  German,  Vol.  I,  No.  2  (April,  1900),  pp.  3-17;  a'so 
Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  44-48. 

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72  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Petrus  Mullerus,  Altzbornensis."  Alsenborn  is  a  village 
about  two  and  a  half  German  miles  northeast  of  the  city  of 
Kaiserslautern,  in  the  Rhenish  Palatinate,  now  a  part  of 
Bavaria. 

In  the  Burial  Register  of  the  Ephrata  Community  for 
the  year  1796,  John  Peter  Miller  is  recorded  as  having 
"died  September  25,  1796,  aged  86  years,  9  months."'^ 
Counting  back  86  years  and  9  months  from  the  day  of  his 
death  we  are  brought  to  December  25,  1709,  as  the  day 
of  his  birth. 

Of  his  life  in  Germany  nothing  is  known  except  a  brief 
allusion  which  occurs  in  a  letter  from  Ephrata  signed  K., 
a  letter  that  was  published  in  the  Berliner  Monatschrift 
of  1784,  to  which  the  late  Prof.  Jos.  H.  Dubbs  first  called 
attention.'^^  After  giving  a  somewhat  discouraging  ac- 
count of  the  condition  of  the  Ephrata  community,  the 
writer  makes  the  following  reference  to  Peter  Miller: 

Peter  Miller,  the  only  educated  man  (in  the  society)  studied  in 
Heidelberg  and  was  authorized  to  preach,  but  not  to  baptize. 
With  thirty  guldens  in  his  pocket  he  left  his  father.  Afterwards 
he  preached  in  this  country,  and  at  the  request  of  a  German  coun- 
try congregation  was  ordained  by  the  Presbyterian  clergy  of  Phila- 
delphia. After  four  years  he  resigned  his  congregation,  was  con- 
verted, baptized  others  and  was  himself  baptized;  and  six  months 
after  the  organization  of  this  society  he  joined  it.  Previously  he 
had  lived  as  a  hermit. 

A  correspondence  carried  on  with  the  Reformed  pastor 
at  Alsenborn,  shortly  before  the  Great  War,  brought  to 
light  some  facts  regarding  the  family  of  Peter  Miller. 
His  father  was  the  Rev.  John  Muller,  who  from  1708-14 

"5  Sachse,  The  German  Sectarians  of  Pennsylvania,  Vol.  II,  p.  516. 
This  statement  is  corroborated  by  the  inscription  on  his  tombstone,  see 
below,  p.  95. 

^c  Dubbs,  The  Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  p.  98,  note  99. 


John  Peter  Miller  73 

was  pastor  at  Zweikirchen  and  Wolfstein,  near  Kaisers- 
lautern.  Later,  from  1714-26,  he  was  pastor  at  Alsen- 
born,  and  from  1726-41  pastor  at  Altenkirchen,  near 
Homburg  in  the  Rhine  province.  He  died  at  Altenkirchen 
May  II,  1741.  His  son,  John  Peter  Muller,  must  have 
been  born  at  Zweikirchen,  during  his  father's  pastorate  at 
that  place.  Unfortunately  neither  the  church  nor  the 
church  records  of  Zweikirchen  are  now  in  existence,  so 
that  we  are  unable  to  supply  further  details.  However, 
we  now  know  that  the  reference  to  Alsenborn  in  the  ma- 
triculation book  at  Heidelberg  does  not  mean  that  John 
Peter  Muller  was  born  there,  but  that  it  was  his  temporary 
home,  because  his  father  was  pastor  there,  when  he  matric- 
ulated in  the  university. 

On  August  29,  1730,  a  list  was  presented  in  the  court- 
house at  Philadelphia,  containing  the  names  of  seventy-five 
men,  who  with  their  families  making  in  all  about  two  hun- 
dred and  sixty  persons,  were  imported  in  the  ship  Thistle 
of  Glasgow,  Colin  Dunlap,'^'^  master,  having  come  from 
Rotterdam,  but  last  from  Dover,  England,  as  by  clearance 
from  that  port.  They  subscribed  the  "  Declaration  of 
Fidelity  and  Abjuration."  Among  these  names  is  "  Pe- 
ter Muller,"  in  bold  German  characters. 

With  Miller  came  a  number  of  persons  whom  we  after- 
wards find  as  members  of  the  Reformed  Church  at  Gosh- 
enhoppen.  They  are:  Valentin  Griesemer,  Hans  Jacob 
Diehl,  Thomas  Hamman,  Abraham  Transu,  Hans  Simon 
Mey.  Lonhart  Hochgenug,  Bernhard  Siegmund  and  Jo- 
hannes Scherer  became  members  of  the  Reformed  Church 
at  Philadelphia  and  Christian  Leman  appears  in  1734  at 
Skippack,  while  John  Henrich  Schmidt  is  enrolled  in  the 
same  year  as  a  Reformed  deacon  in  Falkner  Swamp. 

''''  The  correction  "  Calvin  Dunlap  "  in  the  Pennsylvania  Archives,  2d 
Ser.,  Vol.  XVII,  p.  20,  is  entirely  unjustified. 


74  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Soon  after  his  arrival  Peter  Miller  came  in  contact  with 
John  Philip  Boehm,  who  was  at  that  time  (1730)  the  only 
ordained  Reformed  minister  in  the  province.  Miller 
called  on  Boehm  in  his  home  and  had  with  him  a  lengthy- 
conversation,  of  which  Boehm  sent  the  following  report  to 
Holland,  in  a  letter  dated  November  12,  1730:^^ 

Letter  of  Boehm  Regarding  Miller,  November  12,   1730. 

Meanwhile  no  peace  can  yet  be  expected,  for  there  arrived  this 
fall  another  man,  named  Miller,  whose  father  is  pastor  in  the 
Electoral  Palatinate,  under  the  inspectorate  of  Kaiserslautern.  He 
likewise  avails  himself  of  the  liberty  of  this  country,  and  so  far 
has  been  preaching  to  the  seceders  at  Schipbach,  as  the  enclosed 
letter,  marked  F,  shows.  He  has  promised  them,  as  also  the  people 
in  Philadelphia  and  Germantown,  to  take  the  place  of  Mr.  Weiss 
until  the  latter  returns.  In  order  to  carry  this  out  successfully, 
he  betook  himself  to  the  Presbyterians  in  Philadelphia  (because  he 
is  unordained),  that  he  might  be  ordained  by  them.  This  he  told 
me  himself  in  my  house  on  October  19th,  saying  that  in  the  pre- 
ceeding  week  he  had  handed  to  them  his  confession  of  faith  con- 
cerning the  points  they  had  asked  of  him,  and  expressing  the  hope 
that  the  affair  [of  his  ordination]  would  be  concluded  in  the  fol- 
lowing week,  which  so  far  as  I  know  has  not  yet  taken  place. 

I  warned  him  in  a  friendly  way  and  advised  him  to  go  to  the 
reverend  ministers  of  New  York  and  endeavor  to  have  his  ordi- 
nation take  place  in  accordance  with  the  church-order  of  the  Re- 
formed Church,  whereby  it  would  stand  a  better  test  before  the 
world.  To  this  he  replied,  that  such  a  course  was  far  too  cir- 
cuitous for  him,  if  he  could  gain  his  end  by  a  shorter  way,  he  would 
take  it,  as  there  was  no  great  difference  in  it.  Moreover,  he  said, 
he  would  like  to  know  who  had  given  authority  to  the  Classis  of 
Amsterdam  to  rule  over  the  Church  in  this  country.  He  thought 
the  King  of  England  was  more  important  than  the  Classis  of  Hol- 

''^  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  pp.  36-38;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm. 
p.  199  f. 


Boehm  on  Miller  75 

land.  Then  I  answered  that  it  was  asking  too  much  who  had 
given  her  the  authority,  and  that  I  did  not  care  anything  about 
that,  but  that  I  believed,  if  the  Classis  had  no  such  authority  she 
vrould  not  have  taken  us  under  her  care  and  supervision,  that  I 
for  one  was  subject  to  her  and  would  always  be  glad  to  act  under 
her  direction,  etc.  Then  I  received  this  fine  reprimand :  "  There 
is  such  a  glorious  liberty  in  this  country  that  the  people  themselves 
are  free  to  elect,  accept  and  also  dismiss  their  preachers.  It  is  not 
right  to  attempt  to  deprive  them  of  this  liberty  and  to  subject  them 
to  a  Classis,  which  can  then  force  upon  them  such  ministers  as  she 
desires.  Christians  have  liberty  and  are  in  this  world  under  no 
head,  Christ  alone  is  their  head  in  heaven." 

He  also  remarked  that  the  people  had  called  me  only  temporarily, 
until  they  could  get  another  minister.  I  showed  him  my  call.  He 
said  there  was  nothing  in  it,  that  they  had  called  me  for  life. 
Then  I  answered  him :  "  The  Reverend  Classis  had  recognized  it 
as  a  lawful  call,  if  he  was  wiser  than  the  Classis,  he  would  have 
to  take  it  up  with  her.  I  furthermore  reminded  him,  that  I  also 
regarded  Christ  as  the  head  of  his  church,  yet  I  believed  that  Christ 
ruled  his  church  on  earth  through  agents,  wherefore  I  would  rather 
be  under  supervisors  divinely  appointed,  in  order  to  preserve  good 
order  in  the  Church  of  Christ,  than  stand  up  on  my  own  freedom." 
On  this  point  he  did  not  agree  with  me. 

It  is  interesting  to  see  the  difference  in  the  character  of 
these  two  men,  thrown  into  such  strong  relief  in  this  con- 
versation. Boehm  methodical,  exact,  strong  for  order  and 
church  government,  firmly  attached  to  the  customs  and 
traditions  of  the  fathers,  seeing  in  them  the  safeguards  of 
the  Church.  Miller,  easy-going,  chafing  under  restraint, 
glad  to  be  free  from  the  restrictions  of  the  old  world,  car- 
ing little  for  traditions  and  customs,  or  even  for  the  visible 
Church.  To  his  sanguine  temperament  the  ideal  and  spir- 
itual alone  appeals.  He  thinks  of  the  liberty  of  the  chil- 
dren of  God  and  the  glory  of  the  invisible  Church.     This 


76  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

conversation  furnishes  us  therefore  the  key  to  his  later 
conversion. 

The  elders'  of  Skippack,  writing  with  Mr.  Boehm  to  the 
Reformed  ministers  of  New  York,  under  date  November 
5,  1730  (in  the  enclosure,  marked  F,  referred  to  the 
above),  make  the  following  statement  about  Miller r'^^ 

The  harmful  division,  caused  in  our  congregation  by  Mr.  George 
Mich.iel  Weiss  and  continued  by  him  until  his  departure  from  here, 
contrary  to  all  order  and  the  solemn  covenant  made  with  him,  all 
this  has  hitherto  been  kept  up  by  Mr.  Miller,  who  came  to  this 
country  this  fall.  Coming  into  this  country  as  an  unordained 
minister  and  willing  to  be  ordained  by  the  Presbyterians  in  Phila- 
delphia (as  we  hear),  we  have  no  other  prospect  before  us  but  a 
continuous  division  in  our  poor  congregation.  Our  hope  for  a 
good  and  God-pleasing  harmony,  established  in  brotherly  love, 
which  we  expected  to  be  able  to  report  with  rejoicing,  after  the 
departure  of  Mr.  Weiss,  has  been  entirely  taken  away  from  us 
through  the  above  mentioned  Mr.  Miller. 

The  same  unwillingness  which  the  people  of  Skippack 
manifested  to  submit  themselves  to  the  supervision  of  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam,  appeared  also  in  Philadelphia, 
under  the  inspiration  of  Weiss  and  Miller,  for  Boehm 
writes  again  i^*^ 

With  respect  to  the  Reformed  people  of  Philadelphia,  I  have 
been  compelled  to  hear  repeatedly,  with  a  sad  heart,  from  several 
of  them  the  reply,  (when  I  recommended  the  good  work  to  them) : 
"  We  are  here  in  a  free  country,  and  the  Classis  of  Holland  has  no 
right  to  give  us  any  orders."  This  statement,  however,  has  been 
prompted,  as  I  believe,  by  the  persuasion  of  Mr.  Weis  alone,  which 
is  now  continued  by  Mr.  Miller. 

It  is  rather  curious  to  see  how  eager  these  independents 

''^Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  59;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  219. 
^'^  Journal  of  P.  H,  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  44;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  205. 


Ordination  of  Miller  77 

were  to  accept  the  benefactions  of  the  Classis  of  Amster- 
dam, but  when  it  came  to  accept  their  well  meant  advice, 
they  drew  the  line.     Consistency,  thou  art  a  jewel! 

Ordination  of  Miller  in  Philadelphia. 

We  must  now  turn  to  the  story  of  Miller's  ordination 
by  the  Presbyterians  in  Philadelphia. 

On  September  19,  1730,  the  Presbyterian  Synod  of 
Philadelphia  passed  the  following  resolution  :^^ 

It  is  agreed  by  Synod,  that  Mr.  John  Peter  Miller,  a  Dutch  pro- 
bationer, lately  come  over,  be  left  to  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  to  settle  him  in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

Unfortunately  the  minutes  of  the  Philadelphia  Pres- 
bytery from  17 17  to  1732  are  lost,  so  that  it  is  impossible 
to  give  the  exact  details.  A  well  known  letter  of  Rev. 
Jedidiah  Andrews,  from  1698  to  1747  pastor  of  the  old 
Buttonwood  Presbyterian  Church,  supplies  the  omission 
partially.  It  was  written  on  October  14,  1730,  to  his 
friend,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Prince,  pastor  of  the  Old  South 
Church  of  Boston.     In  it  he  writes  :^2 

There  is  lately  come  over  a  Palatine  candidate  of  the  ministry, 
who  having  applied  to  us  at  the  Synod,  for  Ordin'n,  't  is  left  to  3 
ministers  to  do  it.  He  is  an  extraordinary  person  for  sense  and 
learning.  We  gave  him  a  question  to  discuss  about  Justification, 
and  he  has  answered  it,  in  a  whole  sheet  of  paper,  in  a  very  notable 
manner.  His  name  is  John  Peter  Miller,  and  speaks  Latin  as 
readily  as  we  do  our  vernacular  tongue,  and  so  does  the  other,  Mr. 
Weis. 

Many  years  afterwards  Peter  Miller  himself  wrote  the 
following  account  of  his  ordination  to  a  friend  in  a  letter 
dated  December  5,  1790:^^ 

81  Records  of  Presbyterian  Church,  Vol.  I,  p.  99. 

82  Hazard's  Register,  Vol.  XV,  p.  201. 

83  Hazard's  Register,  Vol.  XVI,  p.  254. 


78  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

As  concerning  our  transactions  during  that  long  term  of  our 
residence  at  Ephrata,  I  wish  I  could  satisfy  thine  curiosity.  I  have 
published  a  Chronicon  Ephratense,  of  which  I  could  make  thee  a 
present,  if  thou  art  master  of  the  German  language.  However  I 
will  do  something  to  satisfy  thee.  In  August  1730,  I  arrived  at 
Philadelphia,  and  was  there  at  the  end  of  said  year  upon  order  of 
the  Scotch  Synod,  ordained,  in  the  old  meeting  house  by  three  emi- 
nent ministers,  Tenant,  Andrews  and  Boyd. 

Peter  Miller  served  the  congregations,  Skippack,  Ger- 
mantown  and  Philadelphia,  according  to  Boehm's  letter 
of  November  12,  1730,  till  the  fall  of  173 1.  On  Septem- 
ber 21,  1 73 1,  the  Rev.  John  Bartholomew  Rieger  arrived 
at  Philadelphia,  who  became  Miller's  successor  in  these 
congregations. 

On  November  22,  1731,  the  Reformed  congregation  of 
Philadelphia  wrote  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilhelmius  of  Rot- 
terdam :^^ 

In  order  that  the  minister's  chair  might  not  remain  vacant,  since 
Mr.  Weis  has  left  us,  we  have,  sometime  ago,  elected  and  accepted 
as  our  teacher  the  newly  arrived  Candidate  Rieger,  to  whose  plant- 
ing and  watering  among  us  the  Lord  may  grant  his  blessing  from 
on  high. 

As  a  result  we  find  Miller  turning  to  the  Interior  Ger- 
man settlements.     He  first  appears  at  Goshenhoppen.      In 

*^  The  original  is  in  the  Hague  archives,  74,  I,  10. 


Miller  at  Goshenhoppen  79 

his  report  of  1739,  Mr.  Boehm  locates  him  definitely  at 
Goshenhoppen  :^^ 

Of  this  congregation  [Goshenhoppen]  I  know  little,  for  it  never 
wanted  to  be  under  our  church-order,  but  desired  to  be  its  own 
master.  When  Do.  Weiss,  as  stated  above,  came  into  the  country 
and  caused  great  confusion,  they  faithfully  adhered  to  him.  When 
he  traveled  to  Holland  in  order  to  obtain  the  well  known  moneys 
collected  there,  they  immediately  clung  to  Miller,  who,  assisted  by 
another  person,  continued  to  serve  Goshenhoppen.  By  their  serv- 
ices at  Skippack,  they  kept  the  congregation  there  in  a  state  of  con- 
,  tinued  restlessness,  which  had  been  begun  by  Weiss.  All  my  peti- 
tions, entreaties  and  warnings  were  in  vain. 

In  course  of  time  Miller  extended  his  activity.  In  1733 
we  find  him  ministering  to  the  Reformed  people  in  the 
Conestoga  valley,  Lancaster  County,  and  in  the  Tulpe- 
hocken  valley,  Berks  County. 

On  March  4,  1733,  Rev.  John  B.  Rieger  and  the  Phila- 
delphia physician,  Dr.  John  Jacob  Diemer,  write  in  a  letter 
to  the  Synodical  Deputies  :^^ 

The  church  at  Conestoga  and  vicinity  has  a  preacher  by  the 
name  of  Joh.  Petrus  Miiller,  who  was  ordained  in  the  Presbyterian 
church  here.  He  administers  divine  services  there  [at  Conestoga]. 
The  churches  at  Schippach,  Germantown  and  Philadelphia  have  a 
preacher  who  came  over  a  year  and  a  half  ago,  Bartholomeus 
Rieger,  who  has  taken  the  place  of  Do.  Wys.  He  preaches  one 
Sunday  at  Schippach,  the  second  at  Germantown  and  the  third  at 
Philadelphia. 

We  learn  still  more  about  the  activity  of  Miller  in  the 
Conestoga  valley  from  a  very  important  letter  of  Conrad 
Tempelman,  who  did  for  the  Conestoga  valley  what  Mr. 
Boehm  did  for  the  Perkiomen  valley.     He  began  the  first 

^5  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  9. 

86  The  original  is  at  the  Hague,  archives  74,  I,  15. 


8o  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Reformed  services  in  that  region.  In  this  letter  Tempel- 
man  writes  to  the  Synods  of  North  and  South  Holland 
under  date  February  13,  1733:^^ 

Letter  of  Conrad  Tempelman  Regarding  the  Reformed 
Church  in  Conestoga,  February  13,  1733. 

The  church  at  Chanastoka  took  it^prigin  in  the  year  1725,  with 
a  SiXiall  gathering  in  houses  here  and  there,  with  the  reading  of  a 
sermon  and  with  song  and  prayer,  according  to  their  High  German 
church  order,  upon  all  Sundays  and  Holidays,  but,  on  account  of 
the  lack  of  a  minister,  without  the  administration  of  Baptism  and 
of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

Thereafter  Dominie  Bohm  served  them,  at  first  [1727]  volun- 
tarily at  the  request  of  the  people,  later,  after  being  fully  ordained, 
he  administered  baptism  and  communion  to  them  for  the  space  of 
two  years  [i 730-1731],  upon  a  yearly  call,  although  he  lived  a 
distance  of  21  hours  [about  63  miles]  away  from  them,  being  sat- 
isfied Avith  their  small,  voluntary  gifts.  He  also  subsequently 
established  a  church-order  [constitution]  among  them  and  the  con- 
gregation chose  elders  and  he  himself  exercised  a  strict  and  careful 
supervision,  so  that  things  went  on  in  good  order  in  this  congre- 
gation. 

Further  the  writer  reports  that  the  congregation,  on  account  of 
its  enlargement  and  the  great  distances  between  the  members,  has 
divided  itself  into  six  meeting-places  in  Chanastoka,  whereof  three 
places  are  served  by  a  Reformed  minister,  Johan  Peter  Miiller,  by 
name,  by  whom  also  another  strong  congregation  is  served  about 
seven  hours  [21  miles]  distant,  called  Dalbenhacken  [Tulpehocken]. 

But  that  they  now,  by  reason  of  the  division  of  the  congregation, 
cannot  any  longer  be  served  by  Do.  Boehm,  as  also  not  by  the  afore- 
said Miiller,  both  by  reason  of  the  great  distance  of  the  localities 
and  because  of  the  manifold  occupations  and  heavy  labor  wherewith 
he  is  overburdened.  .  .  . 

87  Only  an  abstract  of  Tempelmann's  letter  in  Dutch  has  been  preserved 
at  the  Hague,  archives  74,  I,  14. 


Letter  of  Tempelman  8i 

The  entire  north  side,  20  hours  [60  miles]  distant  from  Phila- 
delphia, named  Chanastoka  (which  is  no  town,  but  a  tract  of  land 
so  named  after  a  certain  creek)  is  settled  by  Germans  and  English. 
There  are  three  of  the  meeting  places  of  the  Reformed  people,  cov- 
ering an  area  7  hours  [21  miles]  long  and  7  hours  [21  miles] 
wide.  But  they  say  further,  that  they  can  give  no  report  to  the 
Rev.  Christian  Synods  of  the  3  places,  ministered  unto  by  Do. 
Miiller.  Nevertheless  they  hope  that  the  said  preacher  will  make 
known  his  own  needs  (inasmuch  as  he  cannot  well  subsist  by  the 
free-will  gifts  of  his  people)  as  well  as  the  condition  of  his  congre- 
gation and  his  elders.  .  .  . 

Regarding  the  three  first  named  meeting  places  they  give  further 
report  to  the  Rev.  Christian  Synods  [Classis]  of  Amsterdam  and 
Rotterdam,  concerning  the  members  and  elders  belonging  to  them, 
with  the  autograph  signatures  of  the  latter. 

It  is  signed 

Conrad  Tempelman 
Reader  of  the  Congregation 
(N.B.     He  seems  to  be  the  writer  of  the  letter.) 
Members  55,  Elders:     Rudolf  Heller  (L.S.) 

Michel  Albert  (L.S.) 

Andries  M  .  .  .         (L.S.) 

At  the  second  meeting  place  there  are  the  following  number  of 
members  and  elders: 

Members  51,  Elders:  Hans  Georg  Swab  (L.S.) 
Johannes  Gohr  (L.S.) 

Conrad  Werns  (L.S.) 

At  the  third  meeting  place  there  are  the  following  members  and 
elders : 

Members  30,  Elders:  Johann  Jacob  Hook  (L.S.) 
Andries  Halsbrun  (L.S.) 
Nicolaus (L.S.) 

7 


82  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  fact  that  Tempelman  has  given  us  the  names  of  the 
elders  of  these  congregations  enables  us  to  identify  them. 

The  first  of  these  preaching  places  is  now  represented 
by  Heller's  church  in  Upper  Leacock  township.^^  The 
second  is  the  Cocalico  church  near  Ephrata,  and  the  third 
is  the  Lancaster  church.  Its  elder,  John  Jacob  Hock,  was 
elected  the  first  pastor  of  the  Lancaster  church  in  1736. 

As  to  the  congregations  served  by  Miller,  we  can  only 
speak  with  some  degree  of  probability.  One  was  prob- 
ably Muddy  Creek,  for  in  the  Lutheran  Muddy  Creek 
record  two  children  are  recorded  as  having  been  baptized 
by  Peter  Miller,  one  on  January  20,  i73o[3i]>  the  other 
on  February  3,  1733.®®  The  second  congregation  seems 
to  have  been  Reyer's  Church  (now  at  Brickerville) ,  Eliza- 
beth township,  where  Tempelman  made  entries  in  an  old 
church  record,  beginning  with  the  year  1735.  The  third 
was  most  likely  Zeltenreich,  near  New  Holland,  where  a 
Reformed  Church  was  in  existence  in  1744,  ministered  to 
by  Jacob  Lischy. 

Sometime  during  this  period  (i 730-1 734),  probably 
before  the  division  into  six  preaching  places  had  occurred. 
Miller  also  preached  at  Cocalico,  near  Ephrata,  for  in  a 
list  of  pastors  of  that  congregation,  drawn  up  in  1766  by 
the  Rev.  John  George  Wittner,  the  name  Peter  Miller 
occurs.  As  this  important  list  has  nev^er  been  published, 
it  may  be  well  to  insert  it  here  in  full,  with  some  comments : 

S8  A  full  discussion  of  the  evidence  was  given  by  the  writer  in  the 
Reformed  Church  Messenger  of  January  4,  1900;  also  by  Prof.  Jos.  H. 
Dubbs,  D.D.,  in  the  "  Earliest  Church  in  Lancaster  County,"  a  paper  read 
before  the  Lancaster  County  Historical  Society,  Proceedings,  Vol.  V  (1900), 
No.  I.     See  also  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  64. 

89  A  photographic  reproduction  of  that  page  is  given  by  Dr.  Sachse  in 
his  German  Sectarians  in  Pennsylvania,  Vol.  I,  p.  237. 


Pastors  at  Co  calico  83 

List  of  all  the  Teachers  and  Pastors  h'ho  from  the  First  beginning 

have  officiated  in  the  congregation  at  the  cocalico,  or  the 

SO-CALLED  Keller's  Church. 

[i]  Bohm   [John  Philip]. 

[2]   Bechtold  [otherwise  unknown]. 

[3]  Hoock  [John  Jacob,  of  Lancaster]. 

[4]  Terapelnnann  [John  Conrad]. 

[5]  Wieser  [otherwise  unknown,  unless  it  be  George  Michael  Weiss]. 

[6]  Rieger,    post   et    Med.    D.    [John    B.   Rieger,    afterwards    Doctor    of 
Medicine]. 

[7]   Fock  [Lewis  Ferdinand  Vock]. 

[8]  Peter  Miller,  in  Ephrata  Jaibetz.s^a 

[9]  Loscher    [unknown,    unless    it    be    Jacob    Lischy,    who    preached    at 
Cocalico]. 
[10]  Joh.  Waldschmidt  [1752-1762]. 
[11]  Deckert  [John  Henry  Decker;   1762-1763]. 
[12]   Friz  Miiller  [Frederick  Casimir  Miiller;   1763-1765]. 
[13]   Berger  from  Reading,  supplied  the  congregation  for  two  years. 
[14]  J.  G.  Wittner  [1766-1770]. 
[15]  Joh.  Christoph  Gobrecht  [1770-1779]. 
[16]  Anthony  Hautz  [1786-1790,  September]. 

The  first  part  of  the  list  up  to  the  fourteenth  minister  is 
in  the  handwriting  of  Rev,  Mr.  Wittner,  by  whom  the 
record  was  begun.  With  regard  to  the  earlier  entries 
(Nos.  1-9)  it  should  be  noted  that  they  are  not  in  strict 
chronological  order.  Hence  from  the  position  of  Peter 
Miller  after  Vock,  who  was  pastor  in  1750,  it  should  not 
be  inferred  that  Peter  Miller  served  the  congregation 
after  that  time,  when  he  was  Prior  of  the  convent  at 
Ephrata.  The  Reformed  people  would  never  have  per- 
mitted that.  The  only  safe  inference  to  make  is  that 
Peter  Miller  was  one  of  the  early  pastors  of  the  congre- 
gation, while  other  evidence  makes  it  certain  that  Mr. 
Wittner  did  not  insert  him  in  his  proper  chronological 

s^*  In  Ephrata  Peter  Miller  adopted  the  name  Jabez,  based  on  L  Chroni- 
cles 4:  9.  It  is  there  explained  as  meaning  "Borne  with  sorrow."  It 
refers  no  doubt  to  his  remarkable  conversion.  The  words  "  in  Ephrata 
Jaibetz  "  were  added  about  1786  by  Anthony  Hautz. 


84  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

place.     This  applies  equally  to  all  the  other  early  minis- 
ters from  the  first  to  the  ninth. 

In  the  light  of  all  the  available  evidence,  I  offer  the  fol- 
lowing chronological  list  of  the  earlier  pastorates : 

1725. — Origin  of  the  German  Reformed  Church  in  the  Conestoga  valley. 

1725-1727. — Religious  meetings  in  private  houses  conducted  by  Conrad 
Tcmpclman. 

1727,  October  15. — First  Reformed  Communion  service  in  the  Conestoga 
valley.     Brief  ministry  of  Rev.  John  Philip  Boehm. 

1728-1729. — Ministry  of  George  Michael  Weiss. 

1730,  May  30. — Formal  organization  of  the  Conestoga  Congregation,  now 
Heller's  in  Upper  Leacock  township. 

1730-1732. — Origin  of  the  Reformed  congregations  at  Lancaster  and  Co- 
calico,  and  probably  also  at  Muddy  Creek,  Reyer's  and  Seltenreich. 

1733,  February  13. — Six  Reformed  preaching  places  in  existence  in  the  Con- 
estoga valley. 

Reformed  Ministers  at  Cocalico,  now  Bethany,  near  Ephrata.^<> 

1.  Ministry  of  John  Philip  Boehm,  1730-1731. 

2.  Ministry  of  John  Peter  Miller,  1731-1734. 
Miller's  conversion,  1735,  May. 

Visit  of  Boehm  to  Conestoga,  1735,  May  11. 

3.  Ministry  of  Bechtold,  1735-1736. 

The  ministry  of  Peter  Miller  at  Tulpehocken  has  left 
its  traces  in  several  documents. 

Miller  himself,  in  the  Ephrata  Chronicle  (Engl.  Ed., 
p.  70) ,  gives  the  following  account : 

At  that  time  the  region  of  Dulpehakin  was  settled  entirely  by 
Protestants.  These  had  agreed  among  themselves  not  to  suffer 
among  them  any  who  were  differently  minded ;  so  that  many  who 
were  of  like  persuasion  came  to  them.  But  shrewdly  as  they  con- 
trived it,  God  yet  at  last  set  up  his  candle  on  a  candlestick  in  that 
then  dark  region,  as  will  soon  be  narrated.  These  now  had  called 
the   afore-mentioned   P.M.    [Peter   Miller]    to   be   their   teacher. 

80  A  history  of  the  Cocalico  congregation  was  given  by  the  writer  in 
the  Reformed  Church  Messenger,  January  4-18,  1900,  and  continued  in 
the  Reformed  Church  Record,  February  15-March  i,  1900. 


Miller  at  Tulpehocken  85 

which  office  he  served  among  them  and  in  other  places  during  four 
years. 

The  Moravian  church  record  of  Tulpehocken,  now  pre- 
served in  the  archives  at  Bethlehem,  tells  the  following 
story  of  the  origin  of  the  Lutheran  congregation  there  and 
Peter  Miller's  ministry  among  them:^^ 

In  the  year  1723  Tulpehocken  was  first  settled  and  inhabited  by 
people  who  had  dwelt  in  Schocheri.  Most  of  them  were  brought 
under  conviction  and  made  restless  in  their  hearts  while  still  resid- 
ing in  Schocheri  [Schoharie]  through  Bernhard  von  Thieren,  who 
was  their  pastor  there,  and  who  had  promised  these  people  also  to 
move  to  Tulpehocken  and  continue  to  be  their  minister.  But  he 
made  only  occasional  visits,  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  at 
various  times,  baptized  also  the  children  and  then  went  back  again 
to  Schocheri.  There  came  also  at  times  a  preacher  named  Henckel 
from  Falkner  Swamp  to  visit  us  and  administered  occasionally  the 
Lord's  Supper.  He  advised  us  to  build  a  church,  which  was  done 
in  1727.  Peter  Muller  a  Reformed  preacher  also  came  to  us  and 
preached  sermons  for  almost  two  years.  Afterward  he  went 
among  the  Seventh  Day  people  [Siebentager]. 

It  was  during  the  ministry  of  Peter  Miller  at  Goshen- 
hoppen  that  the  three  Reformed  congregations  in  the 
Goshenhoppen  district  first  come  into  view. 

Old  Goshenhoppen  appears  first  in  the  year  1730.  On 
November  12,  1730,  Rev.  John  Philip  Boehm  wrote  to 
the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  :^^ 

^1  The  claim  of  the  writer,  in  the  Reformed  Church  Record  and  in  the 
Reformed  Church  Messenger,  to  have  "  discovered "  this  record  in  the 
Bethlehem  archives  has  been  questioned  {History  of  the  Lutheran  Church 
in  Pennsylvania,  p.  447,  note  520).  The  facts  in  the  case  are  as  follows: 
In  the  summer  of  1902  the  writer  spent  five  weeks  in  the  archives  of  the 
Moravian  Church  at  Bethlehem  and  found  there  among  other  documents 
this  church  record.  It  was  spoken  of  as  a  discovery  (in  the  articles  men- 
tioned above),  because  //  ^as  at  that  time  unknoivn  to  Reformed  historians. 

92  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  43  f.    Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  204. 


86  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  same  action  [namely  a  request  for  organization]  was  taken 
in  another  small  congregation,  of  about  fifteen  families,  with  the 
same  humble  request  to  the  Reverend  Classis.  It  is  situated  about 
ten  miles  from  here.  The  place  has  as  yet  no  definite  name,  but  it 
is  called  after  the  river  on  which  it  lies  Bergjamen  [Perkiomen]. 

As  there  is  no  other  Reformed  congregation  along  the 
Perkiomen  Creek,  about  ten  miles  from  Boehm's  home  in 
Whitpain  township,  than  Old  Goshenhoppen,  we  have 
little  hesitation  in  identifying  the  two  names.  This  identi- 
fication is  indirectly  corroborated  by  the  fact  that,  accord- 
ing to  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  Lutheran  record,  "  in  the 
year  1732  a  warrant  was  taken  up  jointly  by  the  Lutherans 
and  the  Reformed.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  a  union 
schoolhouse  was  built  upon  this  land."  In  this  school- 
house,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  charge,  the  religious  serv- 
ices of  the  congregation  were  no  doubt  held. 

In  1734  the  congregation  at  Great  Swamp  appears  for 
the  first  time.  On  December  12,  1734,  Rev.  John  Martin 
Boltzius,  a  Lutheran  minister  at  Ebenezer,  Georgia,  wrote 
to  Dr.  G.  A.  Francke,  head  of  the  Institutions  at  Halle, 
Germany  :^^ 

In  the  above  mentioned  Great  Swamp  there  is  also  a  small  Re- 
formed congregation,  which  has  its  own  pastor. 

In  a  preceding  reference  to  Great  Swamp  the  writer 
remarked : 

Not  far  from  Oley  is  the  Great  Swamp,  where  the  Evangelical 
[Lutheran]  congregation  has  a  preacher  named  Kaspar  Steber 
[Stoever],  whom  the  Rev.  Schultze  had  ordained  before  his  de- 
parture. This  Steber  is  at  present  involved  in  a  quarrel  with  his 
congregation,  because  they  do  not  want  to  give  him  the  salary  that 
was  promised  to  him.     They  are  said  to  promise  often  something, 

83  Quoted  in  Muhlenberg's  Selbstbiographie,  Allentown,  1881,  p.  213. 


Baptisms  by  Miller  87 

but  when  the  minister  preaches  and  applies  the  truth  too  strongly, 
they  become  rude  and  refuse  to  pay  the  minister's  salary. 

The  Reformed  pastor  in  Great  Swamp  in  1734  can 
hardly  be  any  one  else  than  Peter  Miller,  This  is  cor- 
roborated by  a  letter  of  Boehm,  who  in  a  report  to  the 
Holland  Synod,  dated  October  18,  1734,  refers  distinctly 
to  Peter  Miller's  activity  in  the  Goshenhoppen  district. 
He  writes:^'' 

Nevertheless  one  of  them  is  still  in  this  country,  namely,  Peter 
Miller.  When  this  man  could  not  bring  the  people  over  to  his 
opinion,  he  quitted  the  ministry  altogether  and  he  is  now^  an  oil- 
miller.  But  what  he  was  after,  and  thought  of  persuading  the 
people  to  do,  is  plainly  to  be  seen  from  this,  overlooking  everything 
else :  About  two  years  ago  he  went  with  one  of  his  elders,  w^hom  he 
had  installed  in  the  congregation  at  Goshenhoppen  into  the  house 
of  a  Seventh  Day  "Tumpler"  [Dunker],  and  there  they  allowed 
themselves  to  be  called  brethren  and  to  have  their  feet  washed  by 
him;  and  this  is  the  truth,  whereupon  followed  his  complete 
apostasy. 

The  two  references  of  Mr.  Boehm  to  Peter  Miller's 
activity  in  Goshenhoppen,  the  one  made  in  1734  and  the 
other  in  1739  (already  quoted  above),  definitely  settle 
the  fact  that  from  173 1  to  1734  Peter  Miller  was  the  Re- 
formed pastor  in  Goshenhoppen.  This  is  corroborated 
by  the  New  Goshenhoppen  church  record,  in  which  69 
baptisms  were  entered  by  one  hand  from  June,  1731,  till 
July,  1734.  At  one  of  these  baptisms,  on  April  16,  1732, 
"Johann  Peter  Miiller"  acted  as  sponsor.  This  is  no 
doubt  the  pastor.  As  these  are  the  only  baptisms  which 
Peter  Miller  most  likely  entered  himself,  we  reproduce 
the  page  bearing  his  name  in  facsimile. 

Miller's   inclination   toward   the   Ephrata    Community 

^*  Coeius  Minutes,  p.  2  f. 


88  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

began  in  1732.  Two  years  later  it  led  to  the  surrender 
of  his  ministerial  functions.  But  it  was  not  till  May, 
1735,  that  Miller  actually  joined  the  Seventh  Day  Bunk- 
ers by  public  immersion.  This  act  of  Miller  threw  the 
Reformed  people  into  consternation,  as  can  be  seen  clearly 
from  the  accounts  of  Boehm,  describing  this  remarkable 
and  important  event.  On  January  14,  1739,  Mr.  Boehm 
wrote  as  follows  to  Holland,  regarding  the  Conestoga 
congregation  :®^ 

Then  Do.  Weiss  slandered  me  in  this  congregation  by  a  very 
abusive  letter,  which  I  have  in  my  possession.  He  thereby  misled 
them  and  drew  the  congregation  to  himself.  But  soon  afterwards 
he  again  left  them,  whereupon  Miller  went  there  to  carry  on  the 
work  of  Weiss.  At  that  time  Miller  drew  also  Tulpehocken  to 
himself.  I  warned  them  frequently  against  this  false  spirit,  but 
the  misguided  and  simple-minded  people  clung  to  him,  until  finally 
the  deception,  with  regard  to  which  I  had  warned  them  so  faith- 
fully came  to  light,  and  this  Miller  publicly  went  over  to  the  wicked 
sect  of  the  Seventh  Day  "  Tumpler  "  [Dunkers]  and  was  baptized 
in  Dunker  fashion  at  Conestoga  in  the  month  of  April  1735.^^^ 
He  took  with  him  about  ten  families,  Lutheran  and  Reformed, 
from  the  congregation  of  Dolpihacken  [Tulpehocken]  who  fol- 
lowed his  example. 

This  caused  a  great  alarm  among  the  congregations.  Those 
that  were  kept  by  God  sent  therefore  again  messengers  and  letters 
to  me  and  once  more  asked  for  help,  which  I  did  not  dare  to  refuse. 
Hence  I  again  went  to  them,  and  there  were  on  May  11,  1735,  in 
the  above  mentioned  first  congregation  or  Hill  church,  at  Cones- 
toga, 92  communicants. 

It  is  interesting  to  place  alongside  of  these  statements 

85  Coetus  Minutes,  p.  8. 

^^^  Miller  himself  stated  repeatedly  that  this  baptism  took  place  in  May, 
1735.  See  Ephrata  Chronicle,  Engl.  Transl.,  p.  73;  also  Miller's  letter  of 
December  5,  1790,  quoted  below,  p.  92. 


Conversion  of  Miller  89 

of  John  Philip  Boehm  the  well  known  account  of  Peter 
Miller  himself  in  the  Ephrata  Chronicle  :9« 

The  Superintendent  [Conrad  Beissel]  soon  after  found  occasion 
to  make  a  visit  to  Tulpehocken  with  several  of  his  disciples,  where 
he  was  received  by  the  teacher  [Peter  Miller]  and  elders  with  the 
consideration  due  to  him  as  an  ambassador  of  God.  While  on  his 
return  the  teacher  and  C.W.  [Conrad  Weiser],  an  elder,  accom- 
panied him  over  the  mountains  for  six  miles.  The  result  of  their 
visit  in  Tulpehocken  was  that  the  teacher,  the  elders  and  several 
others  withdrew  from  the  church ;  whereupon  a  venerable  Pietist, 
by  the  name  of  Casper  Leibbecker,  took  the  teacher's  place  in  the 
church.  Among  these  seceders  was  C.W.,  an  elder  of  the  Lutheran 
faith,  a  man  who  had  received  from  God  remarkable  natural  gifts 
and  sound  judgment.  .  .  . 

Accordingly  they  were  baptized  together  under  the  water,  after 
the  teaching  of  Christ;  which  was  done  on  a  Sabbath  in  May  of 
the  year  1735.  Thus  the  teacher,  the  schoolmaster,  three  elders, 
besides  various  other  households,  went  over  from  the  Protestants 
to  this  new  awakening. 

These  same  events  are  briefly  reviewed  and  an  excellent 
description  of  Peter  Miller,  as  he  appeared  to  his  contem- 
poraries, is  given  by  the  Rev.  Israel  Acrelius,  Provost  of 
the  Swedish  Churches  in  America  and  Rector  of  the  Old 
Swedes  Church,  Wilmington,  Deleware.  In  his  well- 
known  "  History  of  New  Sweden,"  he  gives  a  description 
of  his  visit  to  Ephrata,  which  he  made  on  September  7, 
1753,  in  company  with  his  friend,  George  Ross.  After 
describing  the  cloister  and  the  religious  life  fostered  there, 
he  draws  the  following  pen-sketch  of  Peter  Miller  him- 
self r^^ 

^8  See  English  edition,  pp.  71,  73. 

9^  Acrelius,  History  of  New  Siueden    (Memoirs  of  the  Hist.  Society  of 
Pa.,  Vol.  XI),  Philadelphia,  1876,  p.  374. 


90  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

There  was  also  a  brother  named  Jabez,  who,  before  his  rebap- 
tism  was  called  Peter  Miiller.  He  had  been  a  German  Calvinistic 
Minister,  came  into  the  country,  according  to  their  custom,  as  a 
candidate  for  the  Ministry  of  the  Reformed  Church  of  the  coun- 
try, was  afterwards  ordained  by  the  Presbyterian  Minister,  Mr. 
Andrew,  in  Philadelphia,  and  for  a  long  time  preached  in  the  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  country  among  the  Germans  before  that,  eighteen 
years  since  [1735],  he  betook  himself  to  Ephrata.  He  is  a  learned 
man,  understands  the  Oriental  languages,  speaks  Latin,  discusses 
theological  controversies  as  well  as  other  sciences;  although,  in  his 
present  condition  he  has  forgotten  much.  He  is  of  a  good  stature, 
with  a  friendly  face  and  friendly  manners,  on  which  account 
strangers  always  get  introduced  to  him,  and  seek  his  society.  He 
is  open-hearted  toward  those  to  whom  he  takes  a  liking,  and  is 
modest  and  genial.  The  brethren  have  great  respect  for  him,  and 
not  without  reason,  for  he  is  a  prudent  man,  upon  whom  their 
order  chiefly  depends,  although  he  gives  himself  no  higher  name 
than  that  of  a  single  brother.  In  their  Public  Worship  he  reads 
the  Scriptures  and  also  baptizes  when  so  directed  by  Father 
Friedsam. 

Another  remarkable  incident  in  connection  with  this  con- 
version of  Miller  Is  told  by  Mr.  Boehm  In  his  now  ex- 
tremely rare  book,  which  he  published  In  1742  against  the 
Moravians.  It  was  the  dramatic  burning  of  Reformed 
and  Lutheran  devotional  books  by  the  new  converts. 
Thus  far  we  had  only  traditional  accounts  about  this 
event,  which  are  now  superseded  by  this  contemporaneous 
account  of  Mr.  Boehm. 

Criticizing  especially  the  conduct  of  Conrad  Welser, 
Boehm  writes:''^ 

58  Boehm's  Getreuer  Warnungsbrief,  Philadelphia,  1742,  p.  29.  The 
only  known  copy  of  this  now  exceedingly  rare  book  is  in  the  possession  of 
Rev.  Dr.  J.  I.  Good,  who  bought  it  at  the  sale  of  late  Governor  Penny- 
packer's  library. 


Burning  of  Devotional  Books  91 

But  whether  we  can  entertain  any  hope  with  regard  to  him,  let 
every  Evangelical  Christian  think  what  kind  of  a  man  he  is.  Will 
he  help  to  establish  the  honor  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ?  For 
when  Peter  Miller,  the  former  pretended  Reformed  minister  of 
Dolpihaken,  became  a  regular  disgrace  to  our  Reformed  Church  by 
letting  himself  be  baptized  in  Dunker  fashion  as  a  member  of  the 
Seventh  Day  Tumpler  [Dunker]  sect,  together  with  several  others, 
this  Conrad  Weiser  was  one  of  them.  (He  was  indeed  a  Lu- 
theran and  at  that  time  an  elder  of  the  Lutheran  congregation  at 
Dolpihacken.)^^  Moreover,  when  four  Seventh  Day  Tumpler 
[Dunkers],  namely  Peter  Miller  (above  mentioned)  Michel  Mil- 
ler, Conrad  Weiser  (above  mentioned)  and  Gottfried  Fidler, 
burnt  with  fire  the  Reformed  Heidelberg  Catechism,  the  Lutheran 
Catechism,  the  Psalms  of  David,  the  "  Paradeys-Gartlein  "  and  the 
"Exercise  of  Piety"  [tjbung  der  Gottseligkeit],  in  all  36  books 
in  derision  and  in  disparagement,  in  the  house  of  Gottfried  Fidler, 
he  was  one  of  them.  Nor  has  it  become  known  that  since  that  time 
he  has  turned  from  them  in  repentance  and  has  again  betaken  him- 
self to  his  former  Lutheran  religion. 

^^  The  Lutheran  membership  of  Conrad  Weiser  has  been  called  in  ques- 
tion recently,  see  Dubbs,  Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  p.  97,  note 
96,  but  without  sufficient  reason.  All  contemporary  writers  are  agreed  that 
he  was  a  Lutheran.  This  is  the  testimony  of  Boehm  and  Miller,  in  the 
extracts  from  their  writings  quoted  above.  Zinzendorf  makes  the  same 
statement,  see  Fresenius,  Nachrichten  von  Herrnhutischen  Sachen,  Vol.  Ill, 
p.  710.  Weiser  took  part  in  a  Lutheran  communion  service,  see  Hallesche 
Nachrichten,  new  ed.,  Vol.  I,  p.  202.  Muehlenberg  reports  him  as  a 
Lutheran,  cf.  Hallesche  Nachrichten,  new  ed.,  Vol.  I,  p.  362.  "  At  Tulpe- 
hocken,  many  years  ago,  some  Lutherans,  among  whom  was  Mr.  Weiser, 
had  taken  up  a  piece  of  land."  Finally  Weiser  himself  stated,  according 
to  Muehlenberg,  that  "  he  held  the  principles  of  our  Evangelical  religion," 
see  Hallesche  Nachrichten,  new  ed..  Vol.  I,  p.  449.  The  fact  that  Mr. 
Weiser  acted  as  trustee  of  the  Reformed  Church  at  Reading  (see  D.  Miller, 
History  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  Reading,  p.  17),  proves  nothing,  for 
he  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Lutheran  Church  at  Reading,  see  J.  Fr>',  His- 
tory of  Trinity  Lutheran  Church,  Reading,  1894,  p.  18. 


92  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  account  of  Peter  Miller's  activity  as  a  Reformed 
pastor  may  fittingly  be  closed  with  another  account  of  his 
conversion,  written  by  himself  on  December  5,  1790,  to 
a  friend  i^'^o 

Miller's  Account  of  His  Conversion. 

Having  officiated  among  the  Germans  several  years  I  quitted  the 
ministry  and  returned  to  private  life.  About  that  time  our  small 
state  was  in  its  infancy:  I  never  had  an  inclination  to  join  it,  be- 
cause of  the  contempt  and  reproach  which  lay  on  the  same;  but 
my  inward  Conductor,  brought  me  to  that  critical  dilemma,  either 
to  be  a  member  of  this  new  institution,  or  to  consent  to  my  own 
condemnation,  when  also  I  was  forced  to  choose  the  first.  In  my 
company  had  been  the  schoolmaster,  three  elderlings  (Conrad 
Weiser  one),  five  families  and  some  single  persons,  which  raised 
such  a  fermentation  in  that  church,  that  a  persecution  might  have 
followed,  had  the  magistrates  consented  with  the  generalit}-.  We 
have  been  incorporated  with  said  congregation  in  May,  I735.  by 
holy  Baptism;  When  we  were  conducted  to  the  water,  I  did  not 
much  differ  from  a  poor  criminal  under  sentence  of  death.  Who- 
ever [ !]  the  Lord  our  God  did  strengthen  me,  when  I  came  into 
the  water  and  then  in  a  solemn  manner  renounced  my  life  with  all 
its  prerogatives  without  reservation  and  I  found  by  experience  in 
subsequent  times,  that  all  this  was  put  into  the  divine  records ;  for 

100  First  printed  in  Hazard's  Register,  Vol.  XVI,  p.  254  f. 


Dor  sins  on  Miller  93 

God  never  failed  in  his  promise  to  assist  me  in  time  of  need.  At 
that  time  the  solitary  brethren  and  sisters  lived  dispersed  in  the 
wilderness  of  Canestogues,  each  for  himself,  as  Heremits,  and  I 
following  that  same  way,  did  set  up  my  Hermitage  in  Dulpehakin 
at  the  foot  of  a  mountain,^"^  on  a  limped  spring,  the  house  is  still 
extant  there  with  an  old  orchard.  There  did  I  lay  the  foundation 
to  solitary  life,  but  the  melancholy  temptations,  which  did  trouble 
me  every  day,  did  prognosticate  to  me  misery  and  affliction :  Who- 
ever [!]  I  had  not  lived  there  half  a  year,  when  a  great  change 
happened:  for  a  camp  was  laid  out  for  all  solitary  persons  at  the 
verj'  spot,  where  Ephrata  stands,  and  where  at  that  time  the  Presi- 
dent lived  with  some  hermits.  And  now,  when  all  heremits  were 
called  in,  I  also  quitted  my  solitude  and  exchanged  the  same  for 
the  monastic  life,  which  was  judged  to  be  more  inservient  [" !]  to 
sanctification  than  the  life  of  a  hermit,  where  many  under  a  pre- 
tense of  holiness  did  nothing  but  nourish  their  own  selfishness. 

The  profound  impression  which  this  remarkable  con- 
version made  upon  the  Reformed  churches  is  seen  by  the 
fact  that  in  popular  story  the  number  of  converts  grad- 
ually increased  until  it  has  reached  several  hundred.  On 
March  i,  1738,  the  Rev.  Peter  Henry  Dorsius,  who  had 
not  been  in  Pennsylvania  when  the  events  took  place, 
wrote  to  the  Synodical  Deputies  as  follows  :^^- 

In  this  connection  [I  wish  to  state  that]  Do.  Muller,  having 
fallen  away  from  our  faith,  has  persuaded  no  less  than  three  hun- 
dred souls  to  go  over  with  him  to  the  errors  of  the  Dunkers  [Dom- 
pelaars],  whereof  very  many  promise  to  return  to  our  Christian 
religion,  if  only  they  were  deemed  worthy,  through  the  providence 
of  God,  of  being  provided  with  an  orthodox  minister. 

^01  The  same  fact  is  told,  with  some  additional  detail,  in  the  Ephrata 
Chronicle:  "Soon  after  the  Brethren  erected  a  solitary  residence  for  the 
teacher  at  the  foot  of  a  hill  in  Tulpchocken,  where,  however,  he  lived  no 
longer  than  till  the  next  November,"  Chronicon  Ephratense,  English  trans- 
lation, p.  73. 

^'^-  The  letter  of  Dorsius  was  spread  upon  the  Minutes  of  the  Deputies, 
under  date  June  16-20,  1738. 


94  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

Mr.  Boehm  gives  as  usual  the  best  survey  of  this  period 
in  the  history  of  the  congregation.  In  his  report  of  Oc- 
tober, 1734,  he  gives  the  number  of  members  at  Goshen- 
hoppen (presumably  New  Goshenhoppen),  "according  to 
the  statement  of  some  members  as  about  40."  Of  the 
charge  as  a  whole  he  writes  :^^^ 

Boehm's  Account  of  Goshenhoppen  in  1734. 

A  fourth  minister  would  greatly  be  needed  at  Goshenhoppen, 
about  thirty-six  miles  from  Philadelphia.^"*  He  might  conduct 
services  there  every  three  weeks,  and  use  the  rest  of  the  time  to  feed 
the  poor  sheep  at  the  end  of  the  wilderness,  in  the  above  mentioned 
Saucon,  Macungie,  Maxatawny  and  Great  Swamp,  who  thirst  for 
the  hearing  of  God's  word  as  the  dry  earth  for  water.  Many 
people  of  these  regions  have  already  been  to  see  me  in  great  sadness, 
and  complained  of  the  pitiable  state  of  their  souls.  There  were 
also  some,  who  being  able  to  make  the  journey,  have  come  at  vari- 
ous times  to  communion  in  the  congregation  entrusted  to  me  at 
Falkner  Swamp,  a  distance  certainly  of  twenty-five  to  thirty  miles, 
and  brought  children  to  baptism,  which  journey,  however,  is  im- 
possible for  old  persons  and  weak  women,  so  that  it  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at  (especially  when  one  remembers  that  ;here  are  chil- 
dren who  for  lack  of  a  minister  cannot  be  brought  to  baptism  until 
they  are  several  years  of  age)  that  my  heart  breaks  and  my  eyes  are 
full  of  tears  about  this  condition.  But  I  cannot  accomplish  this 
work  alone,  for  my  years  are  beginning  to  accumulate,  and  my 
poor  body  is  also  getting  feeble,  since  I  must  not  only  make  long 

103  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  2. 

i°*  This  statement  refers  to  New  Goshenhoppen,  as  can  be  seen  from  a 
quotation  of  Thomas  F.  Gordon's  Gazetteer  of  Pennsylvania,  1832  (quoted 
by  Mr.  Dotterer  in  his  Perkiomen  Region,  Vol.  I,  p.  14)  :  "  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, a  post  town  and  village  in  Upper  Hanover  township,  Montgomery 
County,  situated  in  the  forks  of  Perkiomen  creek,  37  miles  northwest  of 
Philadelphia,  and  about  21  northwest  of  Norristown."  The  same  authority 
states  of  Upper  Hanover  township:  "The  central  distance  from  Philadel- 
phia is  35  miles  northwest,"  /.  c,  p.  12. 


Tombstone  of  Miller  95 

journeys  and  preach,  but  also,  because  these  poor  people  are  not 
able  to  support  me,  must  support  my  large  family  with  manual 
labor. 

After  being  for  many  years  the  moving  spirit  in  the 
Ephrata  community,  Miller  died  there  and  was  buried  in 
the  little  cemetery  belonging  to  the  cloister.  His  tomb 
is  next  to  that  of  Conrad  Beissel,  the  founder  of  the  so- 
ciety.    It  bears  the  following  inscription : 

Hier  Liegt  Begraben 
PETER  MILLER 

Gebuertig  im  Oberamt 
Lautern  in  Chur  Pfalz 
Kam  als  Reformirter 
Prediger  nach  America 
Im  Jahr  1730.     Wurde 
Unter  die  Gemeine  in 
Ephrata  getaufet  im 
Jahre  1735  und  genant 
Bruder  Jaebez.     Auch  ward 
Er  nachmals  ihr  Lehrer 
Bis  an  sein  Ende.     Entschlief 
Den  25sten  September,  1796. 
Alter  86  Jahr  und  9  Monath. 

In  English  it  would  read:  "  Here  lies  buried  Peter  Mil- 
ler, born  in  the  Oberamt  Lautern  in  the  Electoral  Palati- 
nate. He  came  as  a  Reformed  preacher  to  America  in 
the  year  1730.  He  was  baptized  into  the  congregation  at 
Ephrata  in  the  year  1735  and  was  called  Brother  Jabez. 
Became  afterwards  their  teacher  until  his  end.  Fell  asleep 
the  25th  of  September,  1796.  His  age  86  years  and  9 
months." 


CHAPTER    III. 
Ministry  of  John  Henry  Goetschy,  173 5-1 740. 

AFTER  the  departure  of  Peter  Miller,  Gosh- 
enhoppen  remained  without  a  pastor  for 
nearly  a  year.  In  the  summer  of  1735, 
however,  a  new  minister  appeared  in  the 
person  of  young  John  Henry  Goetschy.^*^^ 
On  May  29,  1735,  the  ship  Mercury, 
William  Wilson,  master,  from  Rotterdam,  landed  in  Phila- 
delphia with  186  passengers.  Among  them  were  Esther 
Goetschy,  aged  44  years  and  her  eight  children:  Henry, 
17  years;  Rudolph,  12  years;  Mauritz,  10  years;  Anna, 
24  years;  Barbara,  18  years;  Esther,  16  years;  Beat,  8 
years;  Magdalena,  6  years.  With  them  came  also  Conrad 
Wuertz,  who  had  married  Anna  Goetschy,  and  like  John 
Henry  Goetschy  became  a  minister  of  the  Reformed 
Church.106 

These  people,  who  arrived  in  Philadelphia  on  May  29, 
1735,  with  the  ship  Mercury,  formed  a  colony  from  Swit- 
zerland, and,  as  it  is  one  of  the  few  colonies  whose  his- 

"5  For  earlier  accounts  of  John  Henry  Goetschy  see  Harbaugh,  Fathers 
of  the  Reformed  Church,  Vol.  I,  pp.  292-296;  Good,  History  of  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  the  United  States,  1^25-1792,  pp.  171-189;  Dotterer, 
"  Goctschy's  Colony,"  in  Historical  Notes,  pp.  171-173,  179-186;  Dubbs, 
Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  pp.  104-110;  Corwin,  Manual  of  the 
Reformed  Church,  4th  ed.,  pp.  489-492;  also  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm, 
pp.  51-54- 

^'^^Penna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  Vol.  XVII,  pp.  113-117. 

96 


John  Henry  Goetschy  97 

tory  can  be  told  with  some  detail,  it  will  be  interesting  to 
trace  them  in  their  journey  from  Zurich,  Switzerland, 
until  they  step  upon  the  shores  of  the  New  World. 

The  leader  of  this  colony  was  the  Rev.  Maurice 
Goetschy,  whose  son,  John  Henry,  became  pastor  at  Gosh- 
enhoppen  in  1735. 

The  members  of  the  Goetschy  family  had  been  for 
many  generations  citizens  in  Zurich,  Switzerland.  The 
first  person  of  that  name  who  is  mentioned  in  the  genealog- 
ical records  of  the  city  was  Henry  Goetschy,  who  in  13 15 
A.D.,  was  mayor  of  the  city.  Maurice  Goetschy  was 
born  in  1686.^*^'^  On  December  4,  1702,  he  matriculated 
in  the  Latin  school  at  Zurich.  On  February  24,  17 10,  he 
married  Esther  Werndli,  and  was  in  the  same  year  ad- 
mitted to  the  ministry.  In  17 12  he  became  first  deacon 
at  Bernegg  in  the  Rhine  valley  (Canton  of  St.  Gall),  and 
in  1720  pastor  at  Salez.  In  1733  he  was  deposed  from 
the  ministry.  On  March  8,  17 18  his  son  John  Henry  was 
born.  The  younger  Goetschy  matriculated  in  the  Latin 
school  at  Zurich  on  March  23,  1734.  But  before  he  had 
spent  half  a  year  at  school,  his  father  with  his  whole 
family  left  for  Pennsylvania. 

On  October  7,  1734,  the  Nachrichten  von  Zurich,  a 
newspaper  of  the  city,  published  the  following  account  of 
the  departure  of  the  colony  of  Maurice  Goetschy  :^°^ 

Departure  of  Mr.  Maurice  Goetschy  from  Zurich, 
October  4,  1734. 

The  past  Monday  [October  4th],  Mr.  Maurice  Goetschy,  to- 
gether with  his  wife  and  children  and  with  a  considerable  number 

1**^  The  statements  regarding  Maurice  Goetschy  and  his  family  are  taken 
from  the  Lexicon  GeograpJilco-Heraldico-Stemmatographicum,  zusammen- 
getragen  von  Johann  Friedr.  Meyss,  A°.  1740,  Vols.  I-VII,  manuscripts  in 
the  city  library  of  Zurich  (Msc.  E.  54),  Vol.  II,  Letters  D-G,  p.  806. 

i°8  Printed  by  Mr.  Dotterer  in  Historical  Notes,  p.  172. 
8 


98  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

of  country  people,  old  and  young,  took  passage  on  a  boat,  and 
started  for  the  so  called  Carolina  island,  in  the  hope  of  meeting 
there  with  better  fortune  than  he  had  found  in  his  native  land. 
He  was  urgently  dissuaded  by  our  gracious  Lords  [of  the  govern- 
ment] and  by  the  local  clergy,  but  he  persisted  in  his  resolution, 
and  took  his  departure.  Shortly  afterwards  another  boat  followed 
him  with  like,  we  must  say,  silly  people,  making  a  total  of  174 
persons  for  that  day.  Many  thousands  saw  them  depart  with  great 
pity  for  them,  especially  because  they  were  undertaking  so  thought- 
lessly, with  wife  and  child,  and  but  poorly  provided  for,  the  dan- 
gerous journey  of  300  hours  in  cold,  rain  and  wind,  now,  when 
the  days  are  getting  shorter.  Nevertheless,  kindhearted  and  dis- 
tinguished persons  supplied  them  with  all  kinds  of  articles,  such 
as  bread,  shawls,  caps  etc.  The  following  day  the  third  boat 
started  off.  These  were  liberally  provided,  from  the  office  of 
charities,  with  a  large  amount  of  bread,  flour,  stockings  and  other 
supplies.  Especially  the  neighborhood  of  the  exchange  showed 
itself  deeply  sympathetic;  nor  will  they  be  likely  to  forget  what 
was  given  to  them  at  the  Salthouse  for  bodily  refreshment.  In 
like  manner  many  merchants  assisted  them.  Upon  the  last  boat 
were  82  persons,  who  would  have  been  worthy  of  more  considera- 
tion if  they  had  been  compelled  to  leave  for  the  honor  or  the  truth 
of  God.  They  must  bear  the  consequences  of  their  act,  be  they 
good  or  ill.  At  the  same  time,  upwards  of  20,  induced  by  the  wise 
representations  of  worthy  gentlemen  and  citizens,  changed  their 
intentions,  choosing  the  better  part.  They  remained  here  and  will 
be  very  kindly  returned  to  their  homes.  Meanwhile  we  should 
pray  God  that  the  great  number  who  have  gone  on  this  journey, 
may  either  soon  return  or  reach  the  destination  they  so  much  wish 
for.  May  He  fill  their  hearts  with  patience,  and,  as  many  sad 
hours  are  likely  to  embitter  their  voyage,  may  He  comfort  them 
with  the  thought  that,  if  they  remain  faithful,  a  far  better  life  is 
reserved  for  them. 

The  journey  of  the  colonists  from  Zurich  to  Basle  down 
the  Rhine  is  told  at  length  in  a  pamphlet  which  Ludwig 


Departure  from  Zurich  99 

Weber,  one  of  the  emigrants,  who  returned  to  Zurich  from 
Holland,  wrote  and  published  at  Zurich  in  1735  as  a  warn- 
ing to  later  venturesome  spirits.^^^  We  shall  follow  his 
story  in  tracing  the  movements  of  the  party. 

The  emigrants  turned  from  Zurich  northward  till  they 
reached  the  Rhine  at  Laufenburg.     Then  taking  a  boat  on 
the  Rhine  they  came,  on  October  5,  to  Rheinfelden,  where 
they  had  to  show  their  passports.     Towards  evening  of 
the  same  day  they  reached  Basle.     There  they  had  to  wait 
until  a  passport  could  be  secured  from  Comte  du  Jour,  the 
commanding  general  of  the  French  army  at  Strassburg. 
It  cost  44  guilders,  which  some  gentlemen  at  Basle  paid 
for  them.     After  securing  this  passport  they  waited  two 
days  longer  for  the  ships  that  were  to  carry  them  down  the 
Rhine.     Meanwhile  several  became  impatient  at  the  de- 
lay.    A  tailor  from  Lichtensteg  advised  them  to  take  the 
road  through  France,  claiming  that  he  knew  the  way  and 
was  able  to  speak  French.     Thirty-one  persons  followed 
him,  but  nothing  more  was  heard  of  them.     From  forty 
to  fifty  others  resolved  to  travel  through  Lorraine  by  way 
of  Namur  to  Rotterdam.     They  were  fortunate  enough 
to  secure  alms   at  several   places   along  the   route   and, 
although  they   had  many  quarrels   and   difficulties,    they 
finally  reached  Rotterdam  eight  days  after  the  main  party. 
At  Basle  eighty  refugees  from  Piedmont  joined  them  in 
a  separate  ship.     The  main  party,  consisting  of  194  per- 
sons, embarked  in  two  ships.     They  suffered  intensely  on 
the  ships  through  rain  and  cold,  against  which  they  were 
but  poorly  protected  with  scanty  clothes  and  provisions. 

100  The  title  page  of  this  pamphlet  reads:  Der  Hinckende  Bott  von  Caro- 
lina Oder  Ludivig  JVebers  von  Walliselen  Beschreibung  seiner  Re'tse  von 
Zurich  gen  Rotterdam,  tnit  derjenigen  Gesellschaft  ivelch  neulich  aus  dem 
Schii-eizerland  nach  Carolinam  zu  Ziehen  gedachte,  Zurich,  MDCCXXXV,  Jy 

pp.  32.     Only  known  copy  in  the  city  library  at  Zurich.  '         ^ 


lOO  History  of  the  Goshenhoppeu  Charge 

After  leaving  Basle  their  first  encampment  was  upon  an 
island,  covered  with  trees  and  shrubs,  in  the  middle  of  the 
Rhine.  Such  continued  to  be  their  night  quarters,  although 
the  nights  were  wet  and  cold.  Moreover  the  ships  were 
crowded  so  badly  that  there  was  hardly  enough  room  to 
sit,  much  less  to  lie  down.  There  was  no  opportunity  for 
cooking  on  the  ships;  and  as  they  were  sometimes  com- 
pelled to  stay  days  and  nights  on  the  ships,  the  cries  of  the 
children  were  pitiful  and  heart-rending.  Whenever  they 
could  get  ashore  they  cooked,  warmed  themselves  and 
dried  their  clothes.  Many  would  have  liked  to  return 
home,  but  as  the  armies  of  the  French  and  the  Austrians 
lay  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  they  did  not  dare  to  risk  It. 
Quarrels  among  men  and  women  were  frequent.  Mrs. 
Goetschy,  the  chronicler  tells  us,  often  quarreled  with  her 
husband,  called  him  all  kinds  of  names  and  one  morning 
tore  a  cane  from  his  hand  and  belabored  his  back  soundly. 
At  night  they  saw  the  camp  fires  of  the  Imperial  troops 
on  one  side  and  of  the  French  on  the  other,  which  terrified 
them  by  their  ghostly  appearance.  As  they  were  afraid 
of  an  attack  from  one  or  both  armies  almost  at  any  time, 
they  refrained  carefully  from  making  the  least  noise,  so 
as  to  pass  by  unnoticed.  Nevertheless,  they  were  stopped 
repeatedly.  At  Old  Breysach,  in  the  Breisgau,  all  their 
chests  were  opened  and  examined.  Goetschy,  who  called 
on  the  commandant  of  the  fort,  was  advised  to  leave  im- 
mediately, as  the  French  on  the  other  side  of  the  river 
were  aiming  three  field  pieces  at  the  boats.  Of  course 
they  made  off  with  all  possible  speed.  At  Ketsch,  near 
Schwetzlngen,  west  of  Heidelberg,  the  dragoons  of  the 
imperial  army  stopped  the  boats  and  compelled  Mr.  Wirtz 
of  Zurich,  who  acted  as  self-appointed  commissar}',  to  go 
to  Heidelberg  and  secure  a  passport  for  30  guilders,  from 


Journey  down  the  Rhine  loi 

the  Duke  of  Wurtemberg,  the  commanding  general  of  the 
imperial  army.  They  were  also  forced  to  make  an  extra 
payment  of  two  ducats  for  each  vessel. 

Nine  miles  below  Mayence  the  dragoons  again  rode 
after  them  and  would  not  have  allowed  them  to  pass  on, 
if  their  leader  had  not  been  of  the  Reformed  religion. 
They  took  the  meat  away  from  Goetschy's  plate  with  their 
sabers,  which  they  swung  about  his  head,  so  that  he  quite 
lost  his  appetite.  Shortly  before  reaching  Mayence  from 
forty  to  fifty  men  had  exhausted  all  their  money,  so  that 
they  did  not  even  have  enough  to  pay  their  boat  fare. 
They  were  compelled  to  continue  the  journey  on  foot. 

At  Mayence  they  were  delayed  four  days  because  they 
could  not  agree  with  the  captain  of  the  boats  about  the 
passage  money  to  be  paid  to  Rotterdam.  Finally  they 
agreed  on  three  guilders  for  adults  and  half  fare  tor 
children. 

After  leaving  Mayence  their  journey  was  a  little  more 
comfortable,  for  they  had  at  least  a  chance  to  cook  on  the 
ships.  Their  spiritual  needs,  however,  were  sadly  neg- 
lected, for,  if  we  can  believe  the  chronicler  of  the  journey, 
the  pastor,  Mr.  Goetschy,  always  had  the  pipe  or  the  wine- 
glass near  his  mouth.  Mornings  and  evenings,  one  of  the 
men,  Heinrich  Scheuchzer  from  Zurich,  read  a  prayer. 
When  Goetschy  actually  did  preach  a  sermon,  in  which  he 
compared  some  of  the  leaders  of  the  company  to  the  fol- 
lowers of  Korah,  Dathan  and  Abiram,  he  almost  caused 
a  riot. 

When  they  reached  Neuwied  four  couples  were  mar- 
ried by  a  Reformed  minister: 

1.  Hans  Conrad  Wirtz  and  Anna  Goetschy. 

2.  Conrad  NaflF,  of  Walliselen  and  Anna  N. — 

3.  Jacob  Rathgeb  and  Barbara  Haller,  both  of  Walliselen. 

4.  Conrad  Geweiller,  a  gardener. 


I02  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  Count  of  Wied  desired  them  to  remain  in  his  terri- 
tory, offering  to  give  them  houses  and  land,  but  as  he  did 
not  promise  as  much  as  they  expected  to  receive  in  Caro- 
lina, they  did  not  accept  his  offer,  but  left. 

From  Neuwied  they  continued  their  journey  down  the 
Rhine  until  they  reached  Collenburg  (now  Culenborg)  in 
Holland.  There  they  were  compelled  to  stop  four  days 
because  of  a  strong  contrary  wind.  Goetschy  was  invited 
to  preach  in  the  principal  church  at  Culenborg,  which  he 
did  with  much  acceptance.  As  a  result  a  collection  was 
taken  up  by  the  congregation  for  the  party,  so  that  each 
received  one  guilder.  From  Culenborg  Goetschy  sent  a 
party  of  three  men  to  Rotterdam,  where  he  said  two  Eng- 
lish ships  were  waiting  for  them.  The  party  consisted 
of  Abraham  Bunninger,  a  carpenter  of  Bachenbiilach, 
Jacob  Issler,  a  tailor,  and  Abraham  Weidman,  a  black- 
smith of  Luffingen.  At  Culenborg  they  also  sold  their 
ships,  which  they  must  have  bought  at  Basle,  for  45  Dutch 
guilders,  apparently  a  very  small  sum.  Then,  contrary  to 
their  agreement,  they  were  compelled  to  take  another  ship 
to  convey  them  to  Rotterdam.  In  their  hurry  to  get  off 
several  children  fell  overboard  into  the  water,  from  which 
they  were  rescued  with  difficulty.  Early  the  following 
morning  they  reached  Rotterdam. 

Having  reached  Rotterdam  they  heard  to  their  dismay 
that  no  ships  were  waiting  for  them.  Moreover  the  cap- 
tain of  the  ship  with  which  they  had  come  wished  to  return 
at  once,  so  they  had  to  unload  their  goods  quickly  and, 
having  no  other  place,  they  dumped  them  on  the  bank  of 
the  river  on  one  heap. 

Mr.  Goetschy  received  a  letter  from  a  certain  Mr. 
Schobinger,  a  native  of  St.  Gall,  who  was  living  at  the 
Hague,  asking  him  to  come  to  the  Hague.     So  he  left  the 


Arrival  in  Holland  103 

emigrants  to  their  own  devices  and  with  his  son-in-law 
hurried  off  to  comply  with  the  request. 

In  a  few  days  Mr.  Wirtz  returned  and  comforted  them 
with  the  news  that  several  oxen  would  be  sent  to  them 
from  the  Hague,  that  the  States  General  would  send  them 
to  England  at  their  own  expense  and  that  a  large  sum  of 
money  had  been  collected  for  them  in  England.  Unfor- 
tunately none  of  these  statements  proved  to  be  true.  A 
few  days  later  Goetschy  also  returned  and  reported  that 
the  States  General  had  offered  him  a  position  as  a  minister 
of  great  importance,  that  he  and  his  family  had  thus  re- 
ceived unexpected  help  and  he  advised  them  to  secure  simi- 
lar help  for  themselves. 

In  this  extremity  some  indeed  tried  to  help  themselves 
by  begging,  but  in  that  they  were  soon  stopped  by  the  mag- 
istrate with  a  threat  of  a  fine  of  25  guilders.  Meantime 
some  became  sick  from  want  and  hunger,  and  two  of  them 
died.  A  tailor  from  Buchs,  Sebastian  Neracher  by  name, 
who  was  married  in  Rotterdam,  came  to  see  them.  Most 
of  them  were  in  an  inn  outside  of  the  city.  He  took  care 
of  those  from.  Buchs.  He  brought  with  him  a  Mr.  Scha- 
penhaudt,  who  interceded  for  them  so  successfully  that 
many  people  took  pity  on  them  and  distributed  food  and 
clothes  among  them.  They  also  paid  for  their  lodgings 
at  the  inn. 

Mr.  Schapenhaudt  presented  their  sad  condition  to  Rev. 
Mr.  Wilhelmi  of  Rotterdam,  who  advised  them  to  go  to 
the  Hague  and  apply  there  to  Mr.  von  Felss,  at  the  Eng- 
lish embassy,  to  present  their  needy  condition  to  him. 
Three  men  were  sent  to  the  Hague.  When  they  reached 
the  Hague,  they  first  hunted  up  Mr.  Goetschy  and  told 
him  of  their  intention.  He  was  greatly  displeased  with 
their  plan  and  told  them  he  had  already  spoken  with  Mr. 


I04  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Felss,  who  was  sufficiently  well  informed  about  their  plans 
and  condition.  Goetschy  entertained  the  three  men  at 
dinner  and  then  offered  to  send  a  letter  with  them  to  Mr. 
Wilhelmi  at  Rotterdam.  After  waiting  an  hour  for  the 
letter,  he  sent  them  word  that  he  had  already  dispatched 
it  with  his  boy.  Hence  they  had  to  return  to  Rotterdam 
without  having  accomplished  their  purpose. 

Meanwhile  Goetschy  had  been  very  successful  in  his 
interview  with  Mr.  Felss,  whom  he  calls  an  antistes,"*^ 
but  who  was  a  prominent  statesman,  probably  the  Grand 
Pensionary  himself. 

In  a  letter,  dated  November  26,  1734,  Goetschy  gives  a 
glowing  account  of  this  interview  to  Mr.  Friess  of  Zu- 
rich,^ ^^  the  city  treasurer  and  a  near  relative  of  his.  After 
having  related  their  experiences  to  Mr.  Felss,  he  answered 
him  (according  to  Goetschy's  letter)  as  follows: 

My  dear  brother,  for  six  years  we  have  been  searching  for  a  man 
through  whom  the  churches  of  God  in  Pennsylvania,  which  con- 
sist of  more  than  60,000  souls,  of  whom  20,000  have  not  yet  been 
baptized,  could  be  organized.  Divine  Providence  has  sent  you  to 
us.  Now  I  shall  promote  your  call  as  general  superintendent  of 
the  whole  of  Pennsylvania,  which  has  more  than  eight  cities  and 
more  than  600  boroughs  and  villages.  You  shall  receive  a  yearly 
salary  of  more  than  2000  thalers,  until  all  has  been  accomplished. 
I  shall  see  to  it  that  the  people  get  support  from  the  Dutch  govern- 
ment. But  first  you  must  write  to  your  government  for  the  requi- 
site testimonials  and  then  you  will  be  examined  before  the  Generpl 
Synod. 

Consequently  Goetschy  implored  Mr.  Friess  to  help  him 
in   securing   the   necessary   testimonials.     His   son,    John 

^^0  Antistes  is  a  term  used  in  Switzerland  for  the  chief  minister  of  a 
town.  It  was  originally  a  Latin  term,  used  of  the  chief  priest  of  a  temple, 
literally  it  is  one  who  stands  at  the  head,  antisto  =  antesto. 

m  A  copy  of  this  letter  is  preserved  in  the  city  library  of  Ziirich.  De 
Rebus  Saeculi  XVll,  Vol.  XXXV. 


Rev.  Maurice  Goetschy  105 

Henry,  supported  his  father's  request  in  a  separate  letter, 
saying  that,  if  the  testimonial  from  Zurich  would  be  favor- 
able to  his  father,  Mr.  Felss  had  promised  him  to  send 
him  to  the  University  of  Leiden  to  study  there  for  the 
ministry,  so  that  he  might  become  the  successor  to  his 
father. 

Meanwhile  Rev.  John  Wilhelmi  [Wilhelmius]  of  Rot- 
terdam wrote  also  to  Switzerland,  to  the  Rev.  John  Bap- 
tista  Ott  of  Zurich,  to  learn  more  of  Goetschy's  past.  On 
February  5,  1735,  Mr.  Ott  replied  to  him.  He  sketched 
Goetschy's  life  as  student  in  the  Zurich  Gymnasium,  as 
deacon  at  Bernegg  and  as  pastor  at  Salez.  He  praised 
him  for  his  scholarly  attainments,  as  an  evidence  of  which 
he  states  that  it  was  popularly  reported  that  he  conducted 
family  worship  with  the  Bible  in  the  original  language 
before  him.  He  acknowledged  that  he  had  been  guilty  of 
immorality,  but  expressed  the  hope  that  as  the  authorities 
in  Zurich  had  dealt  leniently  with  Goetschy,  simply  dis- 
missing him  as  a  minister,  so  the  Dutch  people  would  find 
him  worthy  to  send  him  out  as  their  missionary."^ 

Whether  this  letter  reached  Holland  before  the  time  of 
the  departure  of  the  emigrants  is  doubtful,  as  Ludwig 
Weber  states  in  his  report  that  after  his  return  to  Switzer- 
land he  heard  that  the  party  had  left  Holland  on  February 

24,  1735- 

When  Goetschy  had  received  from  Mr.  Felss  the  assur- 
ance of  his  appointment  as  minister  to  Pennsylvania,  he 
returned  to  Rotterdam  and  acquainted  his  party  of  emi- 
grants with  his  changed  plans.  Most  of  them  readily  ac- 
cepted his  proposal  to  change  their  destination  from  Caro- 
lina to  Pennsylvania.  There  were,  however,  some  who 
refused  to  have  anything  to  do  with  him.     Weber  reports 

1^2  AH  these  letters  referred  to  above  are  in  the  city  library  at  Zurich. 


io6  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

88  as  taking  ship  to  England,  but  what  became  of  them  is 
unknown.  The  rest,  143  persons,  signed  their  names  for 
passage  to  Philadelphia.  They  agreed  with  the  owner  of 
a  ship  [Schiffpatron]  to  pay  six  doubloons  for  an  adult 
and  three  for  a  child.  If  any  of  them  should  die,  the  sur- 
vivors pledged  themselves  to  pay  their  passage  money. 

The  names  of  those  who  registered  to  sail  for  Pennsyl- 
vania were,  according  to  Weber's  report,  as  follows: 

Emigrants  in  Goetschy's  Colony. 

Home  in  Switzerland,  Name  of  Head  of  Family.  Number. 

Appenzell  Jacob  Mettler i 

Bachss    Jacob  Bucher,  shoemaker  4 

Basserstorff  Heinrich  Brunner i 

BasserstorflF Heinrich  Diibendorffer  5 

BasserstorflE  Jacob  Diibendorffer   2 

BasserstorflF  Kilian  Diibendorflfer 5 

BasserstorflF  Heinrich  Hug,  wheelwright i 

Bertschicken  Rudolph  Walder 3 

Buchss   Jacob  Schmid 6 

Buchss   Jacob  Murer  (Maurer)    5 

Buchss   Heinrich  Huber    4. 

Buchss   Conrad  Meyer 3 

DiebendorflF    Jacob  Dentzler   6 

Esch   Rudolf  Egg  i 

Flunteren    Balthasar   Bossart    5 

Flunteren    Jacob  Schellenberg  and  servant  ...  2 

GreiflFensee    Johannes  Heid    2 

Hirsslanden   Caspar  Notzli  and  his  children   .  . . 

Illau    Rudolf  Hotz    i 

Iloten  Verena  Kern   3 

Langenhuet    Hans  Ott   i 

Luffingen    Abraham  Weidemann,  blacksmith. .  2 

HennidorflF   Hans  Ulrich  Ammann    i 

Miilliberg   Jacob  Possart 6 

Opffikon    Barbara   Eberhardt    i 

Riesspach    Heinrich  Schreiber,  "  blatmacher  ". .  4 

Rumlang Rudolf  Weidman,  tailor  3 

Steinmeer,  Upper   Hans  Meyer 4 

Stein    Conrad  Geweiler,  and  second  wife.  .  2 


Colony  of  Goetschy  107 

Sultzbach    Jacob  Frey 5 

Wallisellen  Heinrich  Merck   & 

Wallisellen  Martin  Schellenberg   3 

Wallisellen  Ludwig  Lienhardt   i 

Wallisellen  Jacob  Wiist  i 

Wallisellen Hans  Rudolf  Aberli i 

Wallisellen  Conrad  Keller  3 

Wallisellen Jacob  Naff   5 

Wallisellen  Conrad  Naff S 

Wallisellen  Jacob  Naff  2 

Wangen    Caspar  Guntz  i 

Windli    Hans  Ulrich  Arner   6 

Winckel    Jacob  Meyer  5 

Zumraikon    Jacob  Bertschinger i 

Zurich   Heinrich  Scheuchzer i 

N. — Hans  Miiller   4. 

N. — Jacob  Miiller  and  brother   z 

N. — Abraham  Wiickerli   4 

N. — Hans  Kiibler  4 

This  company  with  some  others  who  evidently  joined 
them  after  Ludwig  Weber  had  started  on  his  return  jour- 
ney to  Switzerland,  and  whose  names  he  could  not  there- 
fore record,  reached  Philadelphia  on  May  29,  1735,  in 
the  ship  Mercury,  William  Wilson,  master.  It  carried 
in  all  186  passengers,  61  men,  51  women,  37  boys  and  34 
girls.  The  above  list  forms  an  important  supplement  to  . 
the  list  in  the  Pennsylvania  Archives,  as  it  gives  in  each  1/ 
case  the  place  in  Switzerland  from  which  the  several  per- 
sons came. 

The  journey  itself  and  some  of  the  later  experiences  of 
the  Goetschy  family  are  given  In  a  letter  which  John  Henry 
Goetschy,  then  a  boy  of  17  years,  wrote  on  July  21,  1735, 
to  Mr.  Werdmiiller,  deacon  at  St.  Peter's  church  in  Zurich. 
As  this  letter  has  never  been  published  and  is  quite  inter- 
esting, we  present  it  in  full  :^^^ 

^13  Original  in  Zurich  library,  see  Zusdtze  ztim  Lexicon  Geograph.- 
Herald-Stemmatogr.,  Vol.  H,  F-H,  pp.  196-199  (Msc.  E.  62). 


'G 


io8  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Letter  of  John  Henry  Goetschy  to  Zurich,  July  21,  i735- 
Very  Reverend,  Very  Learned  Mr.  Deacon! 

I,  the  most  submissive  servant  of  my  \try  reverend,  highly  and 
very  learned  Mr.  Deacon,  cannot  forbear  to  report  to  your  Rever- 
ence, how  we  are  getting  along.  After  we  had  left  Holland  and 
surrendered  ourselves  to  the  wild,  tempestuous  ocean,  its  waves  and 
its  changeable  winds,  we  reached,  through  God's  great  goodness 
toward  us,  with  good  wind,  England  within  24  hours.  After  a 
lapse  of  two  days  we  came  to  the  island  of  Wicht  [Wight]  and 
there  to  a  little  town,  called  Caus  [Cowes],  where  our  captain 
supplied  himself  with  provisions  for  the  great  ocean  [trip]  and 
we  secured  medicines  for  this  wild  sea.  Then  we  sailed,  under 
God's  goodness,  with  a  good  east  wind  away  from  there.  When 
we  had  left  the  harbour  and  saw  this  dreaded  ocean,  we  had  a 
favorable  wind  only  for  the  following  day  and  the  following  night. 
Then  we  had  to  hear  a  terrible  storm  and  the  awful  roaring  and 
raging  of  the  waves  when  we  came  into  the  Spanish  and  Portu- 
guese ocean.  For  twelve  weeks  we  were  subjected  to  this  misery  and 
had  to  suffer  all  kinds  of  bad  and  dangerous  storms  and  terrors  of 
death,  which  seemed  to  be  even  more  bitter  than  death.  With 
these  we  were  subject  to  all  kinds  of  bad  diseases.  The  food  was 
bad,  for  we  had  to  eat  what  they  call  "  galley  bread."  We  had  to 
drink  stinking,  muddy  water,  full  of  worms.  We  had  an  evil 
tyrant  and  rascal  for  our  captain  and  first  mate,  who  regarded  the 
sick  as  nothing  else  than  dogs.  If  one  said :  "  I  have  to  cook  some- 
thing for  a  sick  man,"  he  replied:  "Get  away  from  here  or  I'll 
throw  you  overboard,  what  do  I  care  for  j^our  sick  devil."  In 
short,  misfortune  is  everywhere  upon  the  sea.  We  alone  fared 
better.  This  has  been  the  experience  of  all  who  have  come  to  this 
land  and  even  if  a  king  traveled  across  the  sea,  it  would  not  change. 
After  having  been  in  this  misery  sufficiently  long,  God,  the  Lord, 
brought  us  out  and  showed  us  the  land,  which  caused  great  joy 
among  us.  But  three  days  passed,  the  wind  being  contrary,  before 
we  could  enter  into  the  right  river.  Finally  a  good  south  wind 
came  and  brought  us  in  one  day  through  the  glorious  and  beautiful 


Letter  of  John  Henry  Goetschy  109 

Telewa  [Delaware],  which  fs  a  little  larger  than  the  Rhine,  but 
not  by  far  as  wild  as  the  latter,  because  this  country  has  no  moun- 
tains, to  the  long  expected  and  wished  for  city  of  Philadelphia. 

When  we  reached  here  our  dear  father,  because  of  the  great  and 
tedious  journey  and  the  hardships  so  unbearable  to  old  people,  was 
very  sick  and  weak.     On  the  last  day,  when  we  were  before  Phila- 
delphia, the  elders  of  the  Reformed  congregation  came  to  him  and 
showed  their  great  joy  over  him.     They  spoke  with  him  as  their 
pastor,  who  had  been  appointed  to  that  position  by  the  ruling  per- 
sons in  Holland,  as  was  shown  by  his  testimonials  which  he  had 
with  him.     They  discussed  one  or  other  church  affair  with  him 
and  showed  their  great  joy.     He  spoke  heartily  with  them,  as  if 
he  were  well.     The  following  day  they  came  and  took  him  to  the 
land.     When  he  reached  the  land  he  was  so  exhausted  by  his  sick- 
ness that  he  could  not  walk  alone,  but  was  carried  in  a  chair  to  the 
house  assigned  to  him.     When  they  were  there,  they  wished  to 
talk  with  him  about  one  or  other  subject.     Of  his  own  people 
none  were  with  him  but  m.other,  the  children  were  yet  on  the  ship 
on  the  water.     Then  he  said :  "  It  is  so  dark  before  my  ejTs,  let 
me  lie  down  and  sleep."     As  they  did  not  want  him  to  sleep  in 
that  room,  since  people  were  coming  in  continually  and  he  would 
have  been  unable  to  sleep,  they  carried  him  upstairs  to  the  bed 
room.     In  the  middle  of  the  stairway  he  sat  down,  lifted  his  hands 
to  his  heart  and  his  eyes  to  heaven,  heaved  a  sigh  and  died.     On 
the  third  day  a  very  distinguished  funeral  took  place  in  the  prin- 
cipal English  Presbyterian  church  in  Philadelphia,  with  a  large 
attendance  of  people.     All  the  members  of  the  consistor>'  of  the 
Reformed  church  and  very  many  of  the  congregation  were  present. 
Now  we,  his  wife  and  eight  poor,  forsaken  orphans,  are  in  a 
strange  land  among  strange  people,  who  do  not  know  us,  poor  and 
without  comfort.     We,  therefore,  commend  ourselves  most  sub- 
missively to  all  those  in  Zurich  to  whom  our  misfortune  will  be- 
come known  and  whose  hearts  will  be  touched,  in  order  that  they 
may  graciously  grant  us  their  assistance.     It  can  easily  be  sent 
into  this  country,  if  they  will  only  send  it  through  Mr.  Wilhelmius 
at  Rotterdam,  for  which  I  ask  most  humbly,  for  the  sake  of  the 
merciful  Jesus. 


no  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Very  Reverend  Mr.  Deacon,  when  I  showed  my  testimonials, 
and  the  people  saw  that  I  had  been  engaged  in  study,  they  almost 
compelled  me  to  preside  over  the  congregations  as  well  as  I  could. 
Hence,  through  the  goodness  of  God,  I  preach  twice  ever)'  Sunday 
and  teach  two  catechetical  lessons.  For  this  I  make  use  of  the 
books  which  I  have  brought  with  me  and  through  good  diligence 
I  am  enabled,  thank  God,  to  perform  this  in  such  a  way,  that  each 
and  every  person  is  well  satisfied  with  me.  Now  the  first  Sunday 
I  preach  in  Philadelphia  both  in  the  forenoon  and  the  afternoon 
and  alwaj's  give  with  it  catechetical  instruction.  On  the  second 
Sunday  in  Schippach,  which  is  a  very  large  congregation,  a  sermon 
and  catechetical  instruction  in  the  forenoon.  In  the  afternoon  at 
Old  Goshenhoppen,  two  hours  [six  miles]  from  Schippach,  a  ser- 
mon and  catechetical  instruction.  It  is  also  a  pretty  large  congre- 
gation, as  large  as  any  in  the  canton  of  Zurich.  On  the  third 
Sunday  I  preach  in  New  Goshenhoppen  and  have  catechetical 
instruction  there  in  the  forenoon.  In  the  afternoon  at  Great 
Swamp  [Grossen  Schwam],  which  is  also  one  of  the  large  congre- 
gations. All  this  I  can  do  through  the  strength  given  me  by  God's 
spirit,  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  the  people.  I  expect  to  be  con- 
secrated next  Christmas  by  the  English  Presbyterians,  in  order  that 
I  may  be  able  to  administer  the  communion,  unite  people  in  mar- 
riage and  baptize  children.  With  the  help  of  God  I  intend  to  do 
this.  I  would  be  able  to  do  this  all  the  better  and  put  forth  greater 
efforts  for  the  souls  of  abandoned  and  confused  sheep,  if  I  had  my 
library,  which  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  Gorchen  [George]  Kromer.  I 
therefore  ask  your  Reverence  most  humbly,  if  at  all  possible,  to 
send  it  to  me  very  kindly,  not  only  for  my  sake  and  the  large  num- 
ber of  poor  orphans  left  by  my  sainted  father,  but  also  for  the  sake 
of  the  many  thousand  strayed  and  shepherdless  sheep,  who  go  about 
in  error  and  in  a  destitute  condition,  yea  for  the  sake  of  the  many 
heathen,  who  thereby  might  be  led  to  the  Lord  Jesus,  as  has  already 
been  done. 

Given  on  the  2ist  of  July  1735. 
Henry  Goetschius, 

Philadelphia  in  Pennsylvania. 


Goetschy  before  Presbyterians  iii 

The  condition  of  the  land  is  as  follows :  There  are  in  it  English- 
men, Germans  and  French  from  all  parts  of  Europe.  Most  of 
them  are  Reformed.  The  others  are  people  of  all  kinds  of  imagi- 
nable sects,  Atheists,  Anabaptists,  Quakers,  Arians,  Enthusiasts, 
Nestorians,  Pietists,  Mennonites,  Waldensians  etc.,  etc,  many  hun- 
dred kinds,  for  in  this  country  there  is  perfect  liberty  of  conscience. 
The  Reformed  are  scattered  through  seven  congregations  and  thus 
there  is  among  many  thousand  sheep  no  shepherd. 

This  letter  bears  the  following  inscription : 

Letter  of  Henrich  Goetschi,  minister  at  Philadelphia  to 
Mr.  Werdmiiller,  "  Diacon"  at  St.  Peters  in  Zurich. 

In  order  to  prepare  himself  for  the  next  important  step 
in  his  life,  his  ordination,  Mr.  Goetschy  wrote  on  Septem- 
ber 26,  1735,  to  John  Lavater,  professor  of  Latin  and 
Greek  in  the  "  Collegium  Humanitatis  "  at  Zurich,  asking 
him  for  a  certificate  of  his  work  and  conduct  while  there. 
This  certificate  was  written  on  May  28,  1736,^^*  and  it 
testified  to  the  fact  that,  after  having  been  Instructed  In  the 
fundamentals  of  the  arts  and  ancient  languages  by  his 
father  he  had  entered  the  Latin  school  and  spent  there  a 
year  and  that  he  had  been  "  faithful  and  diligent  In  his 
studies,  upright  in  his  life  and  morals,  modest  and  pious 
In  his  conduct." 

On  May  27,  1737,  Goetschy  applied  to  the  Presby- 
terian Synod  of  Philadelphia  for  ordination.  The  min- 
utes of  that  meeting"^  state  that, 

a  letter  was  brought  in  from  Mr.  Henricus  Goetschius  to  Mr. 
Andrews,  signifying  his  desire  and  the  desire  of  many  people  of  the 
German  nation,  that  he  might  be  ordained  by  order  of  Synod  to 
the  work  of  the  ministr}%  upon  which  the  said  Mr.  Goetschius  was 
desired  to  appear  before  the  Synod,  that  they  might  see  his  cre- 
dentials and  have  some  discourse  with  him ;  which  being  done,  he 

^^*  Archives  of  Classis,  Pennsylvania  Portfolio,  new  letters,  No.  ir. 
^^^  Records  of  Presbyterian  Church,  Vol.  I,  p.  133. 


112  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

produced  testimonials  from  Germany,  which  were  ample  and  satis- 
factory to  the  Synod  respecting  his  learning  and  good  Christian 
conversation;  whereupon  he  was  recommended  to  the  care  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  to  act  upon  further  trials  of  him,  with 
respect  to  his  ordination,  as  to  them  should  seem  fit. 

Formerly  it  was  supposed,  without  further  investigation, 
as  a  matter  of  course,  that  the  Presbytery  granted  his  re- 
quest. But  when  the  writer  some  years  ago  examined  the 
unpublished  minutes  of  the  Philadelphia  Presbytery,  he 
discovered  that  this  supposition  was  not  correct. 

On  the  same  day.  May  27,  1737,  the  Presbytery  met 
and  took  up  the  case  referred  to  them  by  Synod.  The 
minutes  state  :^^^ 

The  affair  of  Mr.  Henry  Goetschius  his  tryale  and  ordination, 
being  by  the  Synod  recommended  to  this  Presbytery,  they  took  the 
same  under  consideration  and  agreed  to  meet  tomorrow  morning 
at  Mr.  Andrews'  chamber,  in  order  to  take  his  tryale  and  then 
conclude  upon  what  is  further  to  be  done  in  his  affair  as  things 
shall  then  appear  and  Mr.  Andrews  agrees  to  give  him  notice  that 
he  may  be  present  at  the  above  time  and  place. 
May  28,  1737. 

Memorandum  that  three  members  of  this  Presbytery  and  three 
other  ministers  met  at  Mr.  Andrews's  chamber  as  above  directed 
and  having  read  an  exegesis  composed  by  Mr.  Goetschius  on  the 
article  of  justification  and  discoursed  with  him  largely  in  order  to 
discover  his  qualifications  for  the  ministr}^  they  unanimously  came 
to  this  conclusion,  that  tho'  he  appeared  well  skilled  in  the  learned 
languages,  yet  inasmuch  as  they  found  him  altogether  ignorant  in 
college  learning  and  but  poorly  read  in  Divinity,  his  ordination  to 
the  ministry  must  at  present  be  deferred.     And  therefore  for  his 

'^'^^ Minutes  of  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  Vol.  Ill,  1733-178+,  a  manu- 
script preserved  by  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society  at  Philadelphia.  The 
extract  given  above  was  printed,  frono  copy  furnished  by  writer,  in  Eccle- 
siastical Records  of  Neiv  York,  Vol.  IV,  p.  2684  f. 


Goetschy  at  Goshenhoppen  113 

better  instruction  advised  him  (being  willing  to  encourage  him) 
to  put  himself  under  the  tuition  and  care  of  some  minister  for  some 
competent  time,  that  he  may  be  better  accomplished  for  the  work 
he  is  engaged  in ;  and  they  also  agreed,  that,  considering  the  neces- 
sitous condition  of  the  people,  that  they  desire  his  labours,  he  may 
sometimes  preach  to  them  in  the  meantime,  as  he  has  done  for  some 
time  past. 

The  presence  of  Mr.  Goetschy  in  the  Goshenhoppen  re- 
gion soon  made  itself  felt  in  the  activity  of  the  people. 

At  Old  Goshenhoppen,  the  Lutheran  church  record  in- 
forms us, 

in  the  year  1737,  on  January  the  26th,  the  church  land  was  sur- 
veyed and  it  was  found  to  contain  38^  acres  of  land,  with  allow- 
ance for  roads.  In  the  same  year,  February  7th,  [it  was]  entered 
in  the  office  for  Recording  of  Deeds  for  the  City  and  County  of 
Philadelphia,  in  Patent  Book  A,  Volume  VIII.  p.  325,  by  Mr. 
Brockden.  Anno  1738,  January  12th,  the  expenses  were  paid  by 
Mr.  Michael  Reiher  in  behalf  of  the  Lutherans  and  by  Jacob 
Keller  in  behalf  of  the  Reformed.     They  were  as  follows: 

£  S.  V 

1.  For  3834   acres  of  land 5.  17.  9 

2.  To  Surveyor  General  for  warrant  and  return —  9.  o 

3.  For  the  patent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Proprietor i.  5.  o 

4.  For  the  recording  by  Brockden —  5.  o 

5.  To  Mr.  Grashold  for  his  trouble —  7.  6 

Total     £8^  4         3 

At  Great  Swamp  warrants  for  land  were  taken  out  on 
May  23,  1738,  and 

there  was  surveyed  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  September,  fol- 
lowing unto  Michael  and  Joseph  Everhart  a  certain  Tract  of  Land 
situate  in  Upper  Milford  Township,  formerly  in  the  County  of 
Bucks,  now  Northampton  .  .  .  containing  one  hundred  and  thir- 
teen Acres  and  seventy  perches  and  the  usual  allowance  of  six  Acres 
per  cent  for  Roads  and  Highways  ...  in  Trust  for  minister, 
9 


114  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Elders  and  Congregation  for  the  time  being  of  the  said  reformed 
Calvinist  and  their  successors  settled  and  to  be  settled  from  time  to 
time  in  the  said  several  Townships  of  Upper  and  Lower  Milford, 
the  said  Congregation  having  now  erected  [1762]  on  the  said 
Tract  a  Church  and  School  House  for  the  use  of  them  and  their 
successors."^ 

At  New  Goshenhoppen  John  Henry  Sproegel  had  do- 
nated a  tract  of  land  consisting  of  fifty  acres.  Unfor- 
tunately no  deed  was  given  and  hence  the  date  and  the 
circumstances  cannot  now  be  determined.  But  that  it 
took  place  at  an  early  time  is  vouched  for  by  the  report  of 
John  Philip  Boehm,  written  to  the  Synods  of  Holland  on 
April  20,  1744.     He  writes  :^^^ 

Regarding  the  congregation  at  Goshenhoppen,  it  has  also  a  sui- 
table frame  church  upon  a  piece  of  land  consisting  of  50  acres, 
donated  by  some  one,  that  all  religions  and  sects  should  have  the 
privilege  of  building  a  church  thereon,  and  I  lately  learned  from 
an  old  elder  of  theirs  that  the  church  is  paid  for.  Two  years  ago 
four  of  them  bought  a  plot.  They  intended  to  hand  It  over  to 
the  congregation  for  a  parsonage  if  they  were  reimbursed  for  their 
outlay.     How  much  it  costs  I  do  not  know. 

The  fact  that  John  Henry  Sproegel^^^^  was  the  donor  of 

11^  Printed  by  Dr.  Weiser  in  his  Monograph,  pp.  42-46. 

118  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  26. 

118a  John  Henry  Sprogell  (Sproegel)  was  born  February  12,  1679.  His 
father,  John  Henry,  was  an  eminent  Lutheran  minister  and  head  of  a 
Lutheran  Seminary  at  Quedlinburg,  Germany.  His  mother  was  a  daughter 
of  the  celebrated  composer  of  music,  Michael  Wagner.  Godfried  Arnold, 
the  church  historian,  married  his  sister.  He  came  to  Pennsylvania  with  his 
brother,  Ludwig  Christian,  about  1702.  In  1727  he  is  reported  as  having 
lived  in  the  province  twenty-five  years,  see  Pennypacker,  Hendrik  Panne- 
becker,  p.  86.  In  1705  Pastorius  says  (see  Pennypacker,  History  of  Gcr- 
mantoivn,  p.  76)  that  "  about  two  years  ago  one  John  Henry  Sprogel 
arrived  in  this  province."  In  the  beginning  of  1705  both  brothers  were 
naturalized.  John  Henry  Sproegell  purchased  about  600  acres  in  Potts- 
grove,  on  which  he  settled  with  his  family.    The  present  Sprogel's  run 


Donation  of  Henry  Sproegel  115 

this  land  is  not  only  traditional  but  it  rests  on  good  docu- 
mentary evidence.  The  congregation  still  owns  a  draught 
made  by  the  surveyor,  David  Schultze,  of  which  we  pre- 
sent a  facsimile,  which  is  described  by  the  surveyor  as  "  a 
draught  of  a  tract  of  land  divided  into  several  tracts,  sit- 
uate in  Upper  Hanover  Township  in  the  County  of  Mont- 
gomery and  State  of  Pennsylvania,  containing  together 
Fifty  acres  and  26  Perches  of  land.  Being  part  of  13,000 
acres,  in  former  Times  belonging  to  John  Henry  Sproegel 
and  afterwards  to  Thomas  Tresse,  Senior,  deceased." 

A  curious  fate  overtook  the  donation  of  John  Henry 
Sproegel.  He  died  without  giving  the  congregation  a 
deed.  The  same  happened  to  the  Falkner  Swamp  Lu- 
theran Church.  As  a  result  the  New  Goshenhoppen  con- 
gregation was  compelled  to  purchase  the  land  of  the  heirs 
of  John  Henry  Sproegel.  For  David  Shultze  states  on 
his  draught,  above  referred  to,  that  "  in  the  year  1749  [it] 
was  by  the  Agents  or  Trustees  of  the  said  deceased  Tresse's 
Family,  sold  to  the  settlers  thereof,  and  the  above  tract 
voas  jointly  purchased  of  them,  by  the  Calvinists  and 
Mennonists  Congregations  for  the  use  of  Churches,  Meet- 
ing House,  School  House  and  Burying  Ground."     To  an- 

was  called  after  him  and  flows  through  this  tract.  From  a  stone  in  an 
ancient  graveyard  east  of  the  borough  line  we  learn  that  his  wife,  Dorothea, 
died  August  7,  1718,  aged  forty  years.  A  son,  Frederick,  died  in  1716,  one 
year  old.  (See  Buck,  History  of  Montgomery  County,  p.  no.)  In  1719 
John  Henry  Sprogell  gave  fifty  acres  of  land  to  the  Lutherans  in  New 
Hanover  township.  Hendrick  Pannebecker  surveyed  it  and  laid  it  out, 
the  survey  being  completed  April  17,  1719,  see  Pennypacker,  Hendrick 
Pannebecker,  p.  73  ff. 

His  brother,  Lodowick  (Ludwig)  Christian  Sprogell,  died  at  Philadel- 
phia in  1729.     His  will  is  No.  129  of  1729,  Book  E,  p.  114. 

His  sister,  known  as  widow  Sprogell,  lived  on  Second  Street,  Philadel- 
phia, see  advertisement  in  Weekly  Mercury  of  February  10,  1730,  quoted 
above,  p.  45.  She  died  at  Philadelphia  December  20,  1760,  see  American 
Ancestry,  Vol.  IV,  p.  5. 


ii6  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

ticipate  the  later  history,  it  may  be  noted  here  that  in  1749 
the  congregation  was  again  unable  to  secure  a  deed.  Not 
before  February  23,  1796,  was  the  deed  actually  made 
out  and  the  final  transfer  of  the  land  to  the  congregation 
consummated. 

The  church  at  New  Goshenhoppen  reported  by  Boehm 
as  standing  on  the  Sproegel  tract  in  1744,  can  be  traced  to 
a  still  earlier  date.  It  had  been  erected  before  January, 
1739,  for  at  that  time  Mr.  Boehm  reported  to  Holland  •}'^^ 

Goshenhoppen.  As  I  have  heard  from  people  that  live  there, 
they  have  built  a  pretty  large  church  at  that  place,  which  will  be 
sufficient  for  them  for  some  time,  but  it  is  poorly  made  of  wood. 

Of  the  ministr}'  of  John  Henry  Goetschy  at  Goshen- 
hoppen we  have  a  somewhat  extended  description  by  John 
Philip  Boehm  in  his  report  of  January,  1739.  Goetschy, 
like  Weiss  and  Miller,  soon  after  his  arrival  came  in  con- 
flict with  Mr.  Boehm,  because  he  entered  several  of  his 
congregations.  Hence  Boehm  condemned  his  work  se- 
verely. Continuing  the  history  of  the  Goshenhoppen 
church  after  the  departure  of  Miller,  Boehm  writes  i^^^ 

After  these  men  had  failed,  they  arbitrarily  made  Henry 
Goetschi  their  pretended  minister,  when  he  was  hardly  eighteen 
years  of  age  and  but  half  a  year  before  had  received  the  Lord's 
Supper  for  the  first  time  from  Do.  Rieger  at  Germantown. 
Goeschi  then  undertook  to  administer  the  Lord's  Supper  and  to 
baptize,  to  install  elders  and  to  marry  people.  In  short,  he  did 
what  belongs  to  the  office  of  a  regular  minister.  Goshenhoppen 
has  him  at  the  present  time  [1739]  as  its  preacher,  and  permits 
him  to  establish  and  to  carry  on  all  this  disorder  from  Goshen- 
hoppen as  a  center,  not  only  at  Skippack,  but  at  other  places  also. 
He  has  done  this,  at  Oley,  where  he  has  misled  the  congregation, 

110  L.  c,  p.  12. 

^-"  L.  c,  p.  10;  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  277  f. 


Boehm  on  Goetschy  117 

which  was  established  by  me  in  1736  at  their  request,  and  he  now 
also  serves  this  congregation.  At  Tulpehocken  he  attempted  to 
do  the  same  thing  through  three  un-called-for  visits,  but  he  was 
refused.     Yet  he  continues  such  improper  actions. 

Meanwhile  this  Goshenhoppen  is  a  congregation  or  a  place  where 
a  faithful  shepherd  and  minister  is  greatly  needed,  through  whose 
wise  administration  a  flourishing  congregation  ought  soon  to  be 
established.  There  are  also  several  places  near  Goshenhoppen 
which  should  be  provided  for,  as  Great  Swamp  and  Saucon  Creek. 
These,  although  they  might  be  served  by  the  minister  of  Goshen- 
hoppen with  the  administration  of  the  sacraments  and  sometimes 
with  a  sermon,  yet  need  to  be  provided  with  readers,  who  have  the 
ability  to  catechise,  especially  at  Saucon  Creek,  because  it  is  a  some- 
what out-of-the-way  place  and  many  Reformed  people  live  there. 

We  learn  more  about  the  extensive  activity  of  young 
Goetschy  from  the  title  page  of  the  oldest  New  Goshen- 
hoppen Reformed  Record,  by  which  he  informs  us  that  he 
preached  at  eleven  preaching  places,  namely  at  Sklppack, 
Old  Goshenhoppen  and  New  Goshenhoppen  In  Mont- 
gomery County;  Great  Swamp  and  Egypt  In  Lehigh 
County;  Saucon  In  Northampton  County;  Maxatawny, 
Moselem,  Oley,  Berne  and  Tulpehocken  In  Berks  County. 
In  four  of  these  places  church  records,  begun  by  him,  or 
containing  at  least  entries  by  his  hand,  are  still  In  existence. 

In  New  Goshenhoppen  he  entered  60  baptisms,  begin- 
ning on  April  25,  1736,  and  ending  on  September  24, 
1740.  He  also  wrote  the  title  page  of  this  record,  prob- 
ably In  1736,  when  he  began  his  entries.  Moreover,  we 
have  from  his  pen  the  first  list  of  members  at  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen, 45  In  all,  written  about  1736;  and  the  first  list 
of  elders,  elected  April  25,  1736,  namely  John  Stelnmann, 
John  BIngemann,  J.  Georg  Welcker  and  Henry  Gallman. 

At  Great  Swamp  he  started  a  church  record  on  April 
24*   1736.     On  that  day  he  wrote  the  title  page  of  this 


ii8  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

record  and  entered,  at  the  same  time,  a  brief  but  compre- 
hensive constitution  for  the  congregation  and  six  baptisms 
into  the  record.  In  all  he  recorded  there  but  fourteen  bap- 
tisms, the  last  on  February  28,  1738. 

On  March  22,  1739,  he  opened  the  Egypt  record  with 
a  Greek  and  Latin  sentence.  The  Greek  sentence  reads: 
Ov8h  aXe?  jpd(f>i]<;,  which  means  neither  "  Ohne  Versuch 
schmeckt  man  nichts,"  as  Dr.  Weiser  renders  it,^-^  nor 
"nothing  without  writing,"  as  Mr.  Roberts  translates 
it,^^^  but  "  Mayest  thou  write  nothing  crowdedly,"  or  ren- 
dered freely:  "Write  everything  plainly."  These  and 
other  doubtful  Latin  and  Greek  phrases  are  of  course  remi- 
niscences of  the  Latin  school  at  Zurich,  and  were  evidently 
used  by  the  young  preacher  to  impress  the  German  farmers 
of  his  congregations  with  his  great  learning. 

Only  three  baptisms  in  the  Egypt  records  are  in  the 
handwriting  of  Goetschy.  They  took  place  on  June  12, 
June  27  and  September  30,  1739,  but  two  other  children 
were  also  baptized  by  him  on  earlier  dates.  John  Traxel, 
son  of  Peter  Traxel,  was  baptized  "by  Rev.  Mr.  Gotschi" 
on  October  26,  1736,  and  Peter  Roth,  son  of  Daniel  Roth 
on  July  27,  1737.  These  two  entries  were  probably  made 
by  Peter  Traxel,  "  Vorsteher  der  Reformirten  Gemeinde 
allhier,"  who  acted  as  sponsor  at  the  second  baptism. 

121  See  Monograph,  p.  15. 

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TITLE    PAGE    OF    NEW    GOSHENHOPPEN     RECORD,    1736. 


John  Conrad  Wirtz  119 

On  March  24,  1739,  the  Berne  church  record  was 
opened  by  Mr.  Goetschy.  An  earlier  baptism  which  had 
taken  place  in  May,  1738,  was  also  most  probably  entered 
in  March,  1739.  On  July  11,  1739,  three  children  were 
baptized  by  Mr.  Goetschy  at  Berne.  At  one  of  the  bap- 
tisms, that  of  John  Henry  Jaeger,  son  of  Philip  Carl 
Jaeger,  Goetschy  acted  as  sponsor.  Later  dates  on  which 
baptisms  were  performed  by  Mr.  Goetschy  at  Berne  were : 
July  12,  September  12  and  November  26,  1739.  In  all 
there  are  fifteen  baptisms  entered  by  Mr.  Goetschy  at 
Berne  from  April,  1738,  till  November  26,  1739.  Eleven 
other  baptisms,  from  March  i,  1740,  till  August  20,  1740, 
though  entered  by  a  different  hand,  may  possibly  have  been 
performed  by  Mr.  Goetschy  also,  as  we  know  from  the 
New  Goshenhoppen  record  that  he  officiated  in  the  charge 
till  September,  1740. 

It  was  during  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Goetschy  that  the  first 
schoolmaster  appeared  in  the  Goshenhoppen  region.  It 
was  John  Conrad  Wirtz,  the  brother-in-law  of  Goetschy. 
The  exact  time  of  his  stay  is  uncertain,  but  the  fact  of  his 
presence  at  Goshenhoppen  is  vouched  for  by  Mr.  Boehm. 
In  his  last  letter  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  dated  De- 
cember 2,  1748,  he  writes  about  Wirtz: 

He  was  accepted  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  to  teach  school,  but  they 
soon  got  tired  of  him  and  sent  him  away.  Afterwards  the  Men- 
nonites  at  Cannastocka  accepted  him  for  the  same  work,  but  he 
was  dismissed  by  them  just  as  quickly. 

Later  he  assumed  the  ministry  in  various  country  con- 
gregations. From  September,  1742,  to  December,  1743, 
we  find  him  at  Egypt  in  Lehigh  County.  When  Schlatter 
came  in  1746,  he  was  ministering  at  Saucon,  Springfield 


I20  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

and  the  Forks  of  the  Delaware,  now  Easton.     He  was  in 
these  churches  probably  from  1 745-1 749. 

September  27,  1750,  he  applied  to  the  Presbyterian 
Synod  of  New  York  for  admission.  He  was  received  as 
a  probationer  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  Sep- 
tember 3,  175  I,  and  was  ordained  by  this  Presbytery  as 
pastor  of  Rockaway,  N.  J.,  June  5,  1752,  He  served 
this  church  and  others  in  its  neighborhood  until  1761. 
He  was  then  dismissed  by  the  Presbytery  to  become  the 
pastor  of  the  Reformed  Church  at  York,  Pa.,  where  he 
officiated  from  May,  1762,  to  September,  1763.    He  died 


at  York,  September  21,  1763.  His  numerous  descendants 
have  recently  presented  a  beautiful  memorial  tablet  to  the 
Church  in  York,  to  commemorate  his  labors. 

Mr.  Goetschy  came  in  conflict  with  Mr.  Boehm  by  cir- 
culating everywhere  a  letter  of  Rev.  Wilhelmius  of  Rot- 
terdam, which  Boehm  claimed  was  forged.  This  letter 
gave  the  Reformed  congregations  in  Pennsylvania  the 
privilege  to  engage  and  dismiss  their  ministers  at  pleasure. 

Finally,  in  the  spring  of  1740,  the  letter  fell  into  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Boehm,  who  sent  at  once  a  copy  of  it  to  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam  and  wrote  the  following  important 


Boehm  to  the  Classis 


121 


letter  concerning  It,  in  which  he  also  touches  upon  his  rela- 
tion  to  Mr.  Goetschy.-^^s 

Letter  of  Boehm  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  April 

4,  1740. 
Very  Reverend  Classis,  Reverend  and  Devout  Church  Fathers! 

I  had  serious  doubts  about  sending  the  enclosed  copy  to  the  Rev- 
erend Classis,  believing  that  on  its  account  I  might  be  regarded 
with  displeasure.  Yet  I  thought  it  indispensably  necessary,  in 
whatever  aspect  I  considered  it,  to  let  the  Very  Reverend  and 
Devout  Church  Fathers  see  it,  for  they,  in  their  exalted  wisdom, 
wdl  know  what  to  do  with  it,  in  order  that  vour  poor  fellow- 
servant  may  be  guarded  against  further  trouble. 

This  letter  caused  constant  mischief  and  was  the  continual  sup- 
port of  the  wicked  associates  of  Jacob  Reiff,  since  the  time  of  its 
arrival  in  this  country.  (Do.  Weiss  brought  it  along  from  Hol- 
land)^ The  Christian  Synods  in  their  letters  to  his  Reverence 
Mr.  Dors.us,  have  sufficiently  declared  their  displeasure  with  the 
unordained  preachers  and  hirelings. 

About  eight  years  ago,  I  was  shown  this  letter  (of  which  the  en- 
closed ,s  a  copy)  from  a  distance,  with  the  statement  that  they  did 
not  concern  themselves  much  about  me  and  my  church-order;  here 
they  had  a  right  church  order  and  they  knew  what  power  and  lib- 
erty they  had. 

But  although  I  tried  hard  during  all  this  time,  yet  I  could  not 
obtain  the  letter,  until  a  few  weeks  ago.  It  came  by  accident  out 
of  their  hands  into  mine. 

Now  I  believe  firmly  that  this  letter  was  cunningly  forged  for 
1st  A  long  time  ago  I  heard  from  the  lips  of  Reiff  himself  that  he 
had  received  the  same  from  Do.  Wilhelmi  in  the  Dutch  language 
and  tlmt  he  had  it  translated  into  the  German  language  in  Holland. 
2nd.  Ihe  signature  is  written  by  the  hand  of  the  translator,  while 
the  name  of  the  translator  is  not  mentioned.  This  ought  to  be 
entirely  different. 

"3  The  original  letter  of  Boehm  is  in  the   Classical  Archives  at  Am- 
sterdam.    First  printed  in  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  300-303. 


122  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

3rd.  The  letter  consists  of  six  sheets,  which  have  been  sewed  to- 
gether with  a  blue  silk  ribbon  and  sealed.  I  cannot  believe  that  it 
is  Do.  Wilhelmi's  seal,  for  I  have  his  seal  on  two  letters  in  three 
forms,  none  of  which  is  like  it. 

4th.  In  these  letters  Do.  Wilhelmi  wrote  me,  after  I  had  notified 
him  that  they  did  such  things  in  the  name  of  his  Reverence  (which 
they  did  as  the  letter  shows)  and  he  assured  me,  if  such  was  done 
in  his  name  it  was  done  without  his  knowledge  and  approval.  His 
letter  was  dated  June  30,  1736. 

5th.  The  so-called  "  Report  and  Instructions  concerning  Penn- 
sylvania," drawn  up  by  ten  commissioners  and  printed  by  order  of 
the  Christian  Synods  (probably  in  1731)  is  almost  uniform  with 
the  regulations  of  the  enclosed  letter.  But  nothing  is  mentioned 
[in  the  Report]  about  that  which  is  contained  in  the  beginning 
of  the  letter,  in  regard  to  the  power  and  liberty  which  the  letter 
grants  to  the  people  of  this  country  and  to  the  exercise  of  which 
it  urges  them.^^*     The  letter  likewise  does  not  say  to  whom  money 

124  Xhe  letter  of  Dr.  Wilhelmius  is  too  long  to  be  given  entire.  But  a 
few  of  the  more  important  paragraphs  of  the  first  part  of  the  letter  may  be 
quoted.  In  the  beginning  of  the  letter  the  writer  expresses  his  pleasure 
that  he  was  permitted  to  appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Pennsylvania  churches 
to  the  church  of  Holland,  with  the  result  that  the  latter  would  take  up  the 
cause  of  the  Pennsylvania  churches  and  assist  them  with  counsels  and  con- 
tributions. He  expresses  his  regret  to  hear  of  their  troubles  and  divisions, 
caused  by  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Boehm.  He  reports  that  he  had  trans- 
mitted their  letters  to  their  destination.  The  first  he  had  sent  to  the  Classis 
of  Amsterdam,  which,  however,  he  informs  them,  continued  to  be  of  the 
opinion  that  Dom.  Boehm  should  be  supported  in  his  position.  Hence  on 
November  21  [1730]  he  had  submitted  their  second  letter  to  the  Classis  of 
Rotterdam  with  the  result  that  a  committee  of  ten  persons  had  been  ap- 
pointed to  investigate  the  whole  case.  But  as  their  report  would  not  be 
submitted  to  the  Classis  before  next  Easter,  and  as  he  did  not  want  Mr. 
Weiss  to  return  empty-handed,  he  would  give  them  his  own  personal 
opinion  in  the  matter. 

First  of  all  he  advises  them  to  accept  the  counsel  of  the  Classis  of  Am- 
sterdam in  order  to  preserve  by  it  peace  and  harmony  among  the  churches, 
until  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Boehm  a  change  would  take  place.  By  doing 
this  they  would  be  sure  of  gaining  the  favor  and  good  will  of  the  Classis, 
inasmuch   as   the   ordination   of   Boehm   had   taken   place   in   answer   to   a 


Letter  of  JVilhelmius  123 

had  been  given  in  Holland.  The  printed  pamphlet,  however,  men- 
tioned that  a  considerable  sum  had  been  placed  into  the  hands  of 
Do.  Weis  in  Holland. 

Therefore  I  cannot  believe  that  Do.  Wilhelmi  ever  wrote  such  a 
letter. 

For  this  reason  no  one  would  be  a  more  fitting  person  to  lead 
the  poor  misguided  people  back  upon  the  right  way  and  to  bring 
about  unity,  love  and  a  God-pleasing  order,  by  exposing  such  cun- 
ning and  fraud,  than  his  Reverence,  Do.  Wilhelmi,  whom  God 
may  graciously  reward  for  it.  This  would  certainly  be  the  case 
because  many  have  passed  away  without  being  reconciled,  and  many 
have  gone  over  to  the  sects  on  account  of  the  trouble  and  dishar- 
mony occasioned  by  this  letter,  so  that  my  heart  often  bled  and 
sighed  to  God.  I  should  be  very  glad  to  have  a  letter  regarding 
it  in  my  hands  (for  if  it  gets  into  the  hands  of  ReifE's  adherents,  it 
will  be  hidden).  Then,  with  the  help  of  God,  I  would  soon 
gather  my  sheep  and  perform  my  work  among  my  congregations 

petition  received  from  them  and  Mr.  Boehm  could  not  be  removed  from 
his  office  without  much  scandal  and  bitter  feeling. 

After  these  sensible  admonitions,  there  follow  four  paragraphs  which 
are  out  of  harmony  with  all  that  precedes  and  follows  and  which  were  no 
doubt  inserted  by  Reiff  and  his  followers.  It  is  inconceivable  that  Dr. 
Wilhelmius  could  have  written  them.     They  read  as  follows: 

"  In  case  this  advice  be  not  acceptable  to  you  and  your  minds  cannot 
unite  with  him,  nor  be  edified,  improved  and  comforted  by  his  ministry 
and  your  church  be  exposed  to  ridicule  and  contempt,  as  you  write  in  your 
letter  and  I  have  heard  from  the  two  delegates,  I  give  it  as  my  own  per- 
sonal opinion,  that,  in  order  to  remove  the  present  and  future  quarrels,  you 
have  the  divine  right,  given  to  you  by  God  in  Christ  Jesus,  which  you  can 
and  must  use,  to  elect  on  your  own  responsibility  a  minister  according  to 
the  word  of  God  and  the  church  order. 

"  For  your  nation,  which  is  living  in  a  free  land,  is  a  perfectly  free 
church,  dependent  upon  none,  which  has  in  herself  the  right  to  govern 
herself,  to  elect  such  elders  as  she  may  please,  if  it  be  only  done  according 
to  the  word  of  God.  Being  independent  of  every  church  in  the  world, 
whichever  it  may  be,  you  can  accept  advice  and  follow  it  or  decline  to  do 
so.  This  is  entirely  different  with  the  churches  in  New  Netherland,  which 
have  been  organized  by  the  church  of  Holland. 

"  Inasmuch  as  this  is  so,  the  congregation  of  Schippach,  Schwara  and 


124  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

with  a  double  joy  and  my  bitter  sorrow  would  soon  be  sweetened. 

But  as  long  as  this  letter  has  been  here  my  work  has  been  ren- 
dered useless  among  many.  The  slanderers  and  liars  found  it  a 
weapon  against  me  and  I  had  to  put  up  with  a  small  compensation 
for  all  my  difficult  and  wearisome  toil  and  labor  and  thus  lose  my 
food  for  the  support  of  my  body.  But  the  most  painful  result  was 
that  I  had  to  see  my  labor  made  fruitless  with  many,  because  of  the 
letter,  and  had  to  behold  more  harm  in  all  the  congregations  of  the 
whole  country  than  I  could  bring  about  growth. 

The  Reverend  Classis  can,  therefore,  clearly  see  that  it  is  not 
my  fault  that  our  true  church  in  this  country  did  not  grow.  For 
Henry  Goetschy  has  shown  this  letter  everywhere  and  thereby 
caused  me  very  much  persecution,  until  he  learned  differently  from 
his  Reverence,  Inspector  Dorsius.  Then  he  heartily  repented  and 
asked  my  forgiveness  in  the  presence  of  his  Reverence,  which  I 
granted  him  with  all  my  heart.  I  also  wish  him  success  and  inter- 
cede for  him  with  God  and  our  Reverend  Church  Fathers.  He 
obediently  submitted  to  the  decision  of  the  Reverend  Christian 
Synods  and  desisted  immediately.  May  God  give  him  blessing 
and  grace  that  he  may  become  an  efficient  instrument  to  edify 
others. 

neighboring  places,  has  the  divine  right  herself  to  elect  a  minister  whom 
she  may  find  fit  for  that  position,  and  it  is  my  opinion  that  the  following 
procedure  should  be  adopted :  The  consistory  should  assemble  and  inves- 
tigate the  conduct  of  the  men,  who  in  the  name  of  the  whole  congregation 
•wrote  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  asking  for  Boehm  and  when  it  shall 
appear  that  they  did  not  act  truthfully,  or  that  they  themselves  were  de- 
ceived, the  consistory  must  bring  them  to  a  confession  of  their  guilt,  and 
exclude  these  men  from  the  table  of  the  Lord  and  his  communion,  they 
being  the  cause  of  this  disturbance.  They  should  treat  Dom.  Boehm  in  the 
same  manner,  and  if  it  be  found  that  he  deceived  these  men  in  their  simple- 
mindedness,  by  his  cunning  and  artifice,  I  suggest  that  these  things  be 
properly  recorded  and  sent  to  the  Classis,  in  order  to  justify  yourselves 
and  to  assure  the  Classis  that  her  resolution  was  based  upon  deceptive 
tales. 

"  After  this  has  been  done,  the  consistory  shall  notify  all  male  members 
to  meet  at  the  specified  time  and  vote  one  by  one  for  the  election  of  a 
minister,  acting  according  to  the  church  order  of  the  Palatinate,  then  pro- 


Forged  Letter  125 

I  also  made  this  suggestion  to  his  Reverence,  Inspector  Dorsius, 
to  propose  to  the  Christian  Synods,  in  sending  the  desired  ministers, 
to  ordain  each  for  his  particular  place.  For  some  places  are  more 
acceptable  than  others  and  the  people  also  differ.  I  think  that 
thereby  future  quarrels  could  be  avoided  entirely,  and  all  w^ould 
have  to  be  content.  May  God  give  his  gracious  blessing  upon  his 
work  for  the  salvation  of  many. 

Your  obedient  servant  commends  herewith  the  Very  Reverend 
Classis,  your  reverend  persons,  with  all  your  families  and  holy 
service  to  the  dear  heavenly  father  and  to  the  word  of  his  grace 
and  himself  to  your  blessed  and  affectionate  care,  and  he  remains, 
Ver>'  Reverend  Classis, 
Your  most  submissive  and  obedient  servant, 
JoH.  Ph.  Boehm, 
Minister  at  Falckner  Schwam,  Schip  Bach 
and  Weitmarge. 
Witpen  Township,  Philadelphia  County, 
Pennsylvania,  April  4,  1740. 

ceed  to  the  ordination,  and,  in  order  that  all  this  be  done  orderly,  the 
advice  and  guidance  of  the  nearest  regular  minister,  that  can  be  secured 
from  Staten  Island  or  Bucks  County,  should  be  requested,  who  should  be 
present  and  preside  over  the  whole  transaction." 

No  arguments  are  needed  to  prove  that  these  sections  constitute  the  for- 
gery of  which  Boehm  complained.  It  is  incredible  that  any  minister  in 
his  right  mind  could  have  written  them.  They  are  not  only  inconsistent 
with  Dr.  Wilhelmius'  preceding  advice  to  submit  to  the  counsel  of  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam,  but  they  are  also  inherently  absurd.  The  ridiculous 
insistence  on  a  supposed  "  divine  right "  of  the  congregation  is  enough  to 
discredit  them.  Moreover,  why  should  the  writer  have  taken  the  great 
trouble  to  work  out  elaborate  rules  for  the  guidance  of  the  churches  in 
Pennsylvania  (which  follow  these  sections  immediately),  if  in  his  opinion 
the  Palatinate  church  order  was  sufficient  for  their  government?  The  pity 
of  it  all  was  that  the  "  Fathers  "  in  Holland  paid  no  attention  to  these  just 
complaints  of  Boehm,  allowing  his  enemies  to  go  on  unrebuked.  The  letter 
of  Wilhelmius  is  dated  December  31,  1730.  Boehra's  copy  of  this  letter  is 
in  the  Pennsylvania  Portfolio,  archives  at  Amsterdam,  new  letters.  No.  10. 
It  was  printed  in  full  in  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  pp.  303-311. 


126  History  of  the  Goshcnhoppen   Charge 

In  the  spring  of  1740,  Mr.  Boehm  visited  the  Goshen- 
hoppen  congregations  to  secure  from  them,  as  he  had  se- 
cured from  all  the  other  Reformed  congregations  in  Penn- 
sylvania, a  statement  as  to  what  they  were  willing  to  give 
towards  a  pastor's  salary. 

In  March,  1740,  Boehm  reported  as  follows  to  the 
Classis  regarding  his  visit  to  Goshenhoppen:'-'^ 

Concerning  the  congregation  of  Goshcnhoppen  I  know  not  what 
to  say.  I  have  been  there  three  times,  yet  I  have  not  been  able  to 
do  anything,  although  I  entreated  them  very  urgently  not  to  cast 
aside  the  grace  of  God,  now  so  clearly  visible.  When  I  went  to 
them  the  third  time,  they  [namely  the  elders]  held  a  meeting  on 
the  2 1st  of  February,  and  a  part  of  them  promised  me  at  last  to 
come  to  me  on  the  26th  or  27th  in  order  to  sign  the  paper.  I  also 
heard  that  the  people  in  Great  Swamp  and  those  at  Saucon  Creek 
were  not  at  fault.     However  I  did  not  see  any  of  them. 

Shortly  aftenvards,  however,  they  sent  in  a  report 
through  Mr.  Goetschy;  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congrega- 
tion promising  ten  pounds,  Great  Swamp  five  pounds  and 
Saucon  Creek  five  pounds.  The  paper  signed  by  the 
elders  of  the  three  congregations  was  as  follows:^-'' 

(i).  The  congregation  in  New  Goshenhoppen  promises  Ten 
Pounds. 

Herman  Fischer 

George  Steinmann 

Caspar  Holtzhauser 

Andreas  Greber 
(2)   The  congregation  in  Great  Swamp  promises  Five  Pounds. 

Felix  B runner 

Michael  Eberhard 

Christian  Willauer 

Jacob  Wetzel 


Elders 


Elders 


125  The  original  of  Boehm's  report  is  in  the  Classical  archives.     Printed 
in  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  296  f. 

126  Also  in  archives  of  Classis.     See  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  293. 


Pledges  of  Goshenhoppen  127 

(3)   The  congregation  at  Saucon  Creek  promises  Five  Pounds. 
Georg  Best 
Frantz  Blum 
Friedrich  Scholl 
Tobias  Baal 


Elders 


At  the  same  time  when  Boehm  secured  these  pledges  for 
pastor's  salary,  he  also  proposed  to  the  Classis  that  the 
congregations  in  Pennsylvania  be  organized  into  six 
charges.  The  last  and  sixth  charge  to  consist  of  New 
Goshenhoppen,  Great  Swamp  and  Saucon  Creek.  It  is 
strange  that  he  passes  Old  Goshenhoppen  by  entirely, 
which  was  certainly  in  existence,  as  is  evident  from  the 
documents  which  we  have  already  presented. 

In  repartitioning  the  congregations  in  1740  (an  earlier 
partitioning  into  four  charges  had  been  proposed  by  him 
in  1734),  Boehm  suggested  not  only  how  the  congrega- 
tions might  be  most  advantageously  combined  into  charges, 
but  he  also  pointed  out  where  the  residences  of  the  minis- 
ters might  be  most  conveniently  located.  Thus  he  wrote 
of  Goshenhoppen  r^^''^ 

VI.  Goshenhoppen.  As  in  the  last  two  congregations  [Oley 
and  Tulpehocken],  a  place  might  here  also  be  found  for  a  minis- 
ter's dwelling  which  would  not  be  too  inconvenient  in  order  to 
supply  Great  Swamp  and  Saucon  Creek  from  it. 

The  good  feeling  and  spirit  of  cooperation,  which  was 
established  between  Boehm,  Dorsius  and  Goetschy  in  1740 
did  not  last  very  long.  In  the  winter  of  1 739-1 740,  Mr. 
Boehm  had  made  an  extended  tour  of  visitation  to  all  the 
Reformed  congregations,  traveling  300  miles  on  horseback 
to  visit  the  various  congregations,  in  order  to  ascertain  how 
much  each  was  willing  to  pay  towards  a  pastor's  salary. 

^^"^  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  16;  also  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  298. 


128  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  result  of  his  visits  was  embodied  by  him  in  an  elabo- 
rate report,  which  he  placed  into  the  hands  of  Dorsius,  in 
order  that  he  might  transmit  it  to  Holland.  Instead  of 
doing  so,  Dorsius  made  a  summary  of  it  in  Dutch  and  sent 
that  to  Holland  in  his  own  name,  giving  there  the  im- 
pression that  he  himself  had  secured  all  the  information 
which  had  been  requested.^^s  When  Boehm  heard  of  it 
he  became  very  angry  and  on  July  25,  1741,  wrote  a  long 
letter  of  complaint  to  the  Classis.      In  it  he  wrote  i^^^ 

It  seems  to  me  that  my  sending  over  [a  copy  of]  this  letter  [of 
Do.  Wilhelmius]  accounts  largely  for  the  ill-will,  which  his  Rev- 
erence, Mr.  Dorsius,  bears  me.  For  after  I  had  secured  this  letter 
from  Mr.  Goetschi,  after  many  efforts,  and  it  became  known  to 
Mr.  Dorsius,  Goetschi  came  directly  to  me,  brought  me  greetings 
and  implored  me  to  give  him  the  letter  again,  under  all  kinds  of 
pretense.  He  also  said,  that  the  Inspector,  Mr.  Dorsius,  deemed  it 
advisable  to  return  the  letter  to  the  people,  otherwise  trouble  might 
arise.  But  I  thought  that  they  were  trying  to  make  the  letter  dis- 
appear. I,  therefore,  declined  in  a  friendly  way  and  retained  the 
letter.  Now,  whether  his  Reverence,  Mr.  Dorsius,  is  also  of  the 
opinion  that  every  one  in  this  countrj^  may  do  as  he  pleases,  I  leave 
to  men,  endowed  with  wisdom,  to  find  out.  For  his  Reverence 
ordained  this  young  Goetschi,  who  caused  so  much  harm  here 
through  the  assistance  of  disorderly  people  and  by  the  arbitrary 
transgression  of  our  Reformed  church  order  and  customs.  This 
ordination  took  place  after  he  left  Goshenhoppen,  and  had  lived 
half  a  mile  from  his  Reverence  and  studied  under  him  for  one  year, 
on  the  7th  of  April  last  [1741],  with  the  assistance  of  Do.  Frei- 
linghausen,  of  Randany  [Raritan]  and  of  another  whose  name  I 
have  not  been  able  to  find  out  as  yet.  But  as  far  as  I  have  heard, 
he  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  Tennents,  who  are  of  the  Whitfield  fol- 

^-^  Incorporated  into  tlie  minutes  of  the  Synodical  Deputies,  under  date 
March  7-8,  1741. 

1-"  In  Classical  Archives,  Pennsylvania  Portfolio,  No.  14;  see  Life  and 
Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  324  ff. 


Goetschy  at  Tulpehocken  129 

lowers,  otherwise  called  Presbyterians.  I  shall  try  to  make  certain. 
This  Goetschi,  as  reported  in  my  last  submissive  letter,  had  indeed 
asked  for  my  forgiveness,  in  the  presence  of  Mr.  Dorsius,  of  the 
wrong  committed  against  me  and  promised  to  live  according  to  all 
order.  This  occurred  on  the  21st  of  February  1740.  But  what 
he  did  soon  afterwards  (and  it  can  hardly  be  thought  that  he  did 
it  without  the  knowledge  of  his  Reverence,  Mr.  Dorsius)  may  be 
seen  from  the  enclosure,  marked  C.  He  likewise  made  two  oral 
offers  to  my  regular  congregation  in  Oley  (according  to  their  testi- 
mony) whereby  this  congregation  also  was  separated  and  divided. 

Enclosure  C.  is  a  letter  from  the  elders  at  Tulpe- 
hocken,^^'^  addressed  to  Mr.  Boehm,  dated  April  20,  1740, 
informing  him  that  Mr.  Goetschy  had  written  to  them  a 
letter  in  which  he  notified  them  that  he  and  Mr.  Dorsius 
would  come  to  Tulpehocken  in  May  and  administer  the 
Lord's  Supper  there. 

In  his  report  of  1744,  Mr.  Boehm  confirms  and  en- 
larges upon  his  previous  statements  regarding  the  ordina- 
tion of  Mr.  Goetschy  and  the  conditions  prevailing  at 
Goshenhoppen.     He  writes  '}^^ 

This  congregation  up  to  this  time  has  claimed  the  privilege  ac- 
corded to  them  in  the  letter  which  Reiff  had  when  he  returned 
from  his  collecting  tour,  and  which  purported  to  have  been  written 
by  his  Reverence,  Doctor  Wilhelmi  of  Rotterdam  (whereof  a  copy 
may  be  found  among  the  Pennsylvania  papers).  Hence  they  will 
not  submit  to  any  church-order.  And  no  matter  how  much  I  may 
admonish  them,  they  remain  of  the  same  mind.  They  had  taken 
young  Goetschi  to  be  their  pastor,  but  when  Do.  Dorsius  arrived 
he  withdrew  from  them,  went  to  him,  and  studied  a  year  with  him, 
and  after  this  year  he  was  ordained  as  minister  for  Long  Island  in 
the  month  of  April  1741,  by  Mr.  Dorsius,  assisted  by  Do,  Fre- 

130  Classical  Archives,  Pennsylvania  Portfolio,  No.  17.  Printed  in  Life 
and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p,  342. 

^•''1  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p,  26;  also  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  419. 


130  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

linghuysen,  of  Raritan,  and  still  another  (as  I  learned  afterwards) 
Tennant  b}'  name,  of  whom  it  was  said  that  he  was  one  of  the 
Whitfielders. 

In  1739,  the  Synods  of  Holland  had  notified  the  Penn- 
sylvania churches  (see  Life  of  Boehm,  p.  284)  that  they 
could  expect  no  help  from  them,  unless  they  would  "  refuse 
to  hear  the  unordained  ministers  and  hirelings."  As  a 
result  Goetschy  stopped  preaching  in  1740  (see  p.  124), 
went  to  Dorsius,  studied  with  him  for  a  year,  and  was  then 
ordained  by  Dorsius,  Frelinghuysen  and  Tennent  on  April 

7>  1741. 

In  October,   1740,  Mr.  Goetschy  had  gone  to  Long 

Island  where  he  visited  the  congregations  of  Newtown, 
Jamaica,  Hempstead  and  Oyster  Bay,  which  extended  a 
call  to  him.^^-  This  he  accepted  and  moved  to  Long  Island 
in  the  following  year.  Thus  he  left  the  German  Re- 
formed churches  of  Pennsylvania  and  assumed  the  ministry 
of  the  Dutch  Reformed  churches  of  Long  Island.  The 
validity  of  his  ordination  in  1741  was  questioned  and  in 
order  to  preserve  peace  among  his  congregations  and 
remove  all  objection  he  submitted  to  another  examination 
and  ordination  in  1748. 

In  1743  Goetschy  published  a  sermon  on  the  "Unknown 
God,"  which  he  had  preached  in  Dutch  in  1742  at  several 
places.  After  a  long  and  successful  ministry  of  thirty-four 
years  in  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  he  died  at  Schraalen- 
berg,  N.  J.,  November  14,  1774.^^^ 

182  Corwin,  A/<7n«<7/  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  /?mmffl,  4th  ed.,  p.  490  f. 

133  Corwin,  /.  c,  pp.  489-492;  Sprague,  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit, 
Vol.  IX,  Part  2,  pp.  15-17;  Taylor,  Annals  of  the  Classis  of  Bergen,  1857, 
p.  185. 


CHAPTER   IV. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  Peter  Henry  Dorsius, 

1741-1744. 

^•^^N  Boehm's  report  of  1744,  quoted  above,  is  found 

J  I      the  earliest  reference  to  the  next  pastor  at  Gosh- 

^■B      enhoppen.      Continuing  the  history  of  Goshen- 

^^.9     hoppen  after  the  departure  of  Goetschy  to  Long 

Island,  Mr.  Boehm  writes  :^34 

Meanwhile,  since  Goetschi  is  no  longer  with  them,  Do.  Dorsius 
has  several  times  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  to  this  people 
before  his  journey  to  Holland. 

This  passage  introduces  us  to  a  young  minister,  who 
had  come  to  Pennsylvania  in  1737. 

As  early  as  May  3,  1730,  the  elders  of  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed congregation  at  Neshaminy,  Bucks  County,  had 
written  a  letter  to  Rev.  David  Knibbe  of  Leyden  and  Rev. 
John  Wilhelmius  of  Rotterdam,  Holland,  stating  that, 
although  small  in  number,  they  were  anxious  to  secure  a 
minister  and  had  for  that  purpose  canvassed  the  congre- 
gation and  found  that  they  were  able  to  give  60  pounds, 
Pennsylvania  currency,  as  salary  to  a  pastor.  Hence  they 
asked  these  two  Dutch  pastors  to  secure  them  as  a  minister 
"  a  suitable  young  man  of  about  30  years  of  age,  who  has 
a  distinct  enunciation,  is  well  grounded  in  the  doctrine  of 

^34  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  26. 


132  History  of  the  Goshenhoppeu  Charge 

the  tnith,  able  to  instruct,  admonish  and  to  silence  all 
adversaries,  but  no  less  edifying  in  his  life."^^^  They 
also  guarantee  him  a  free  dwelling,  fire  wood  and  a  free 
passage  for  himself  and  his  baggage  to  Pennsylvania. 

On  May  29,  1734,  Rev.  Wilhelmius  notified  them  that 
he  had  found  a  young  candidate  by  name  of  Masius,  whose 
father  was  pastor  in  the  Low-German  Reformed  congre- 
gation at  Altona  near  Hamburg.  But  when  the  time  of 
his  departure  for  Pennsylvania  had  come  near,  he  had 
withdrawn.  But,  he  informed  them,  that  he  had  con- 
tinued his  efforts  and  had,  a  few  weeks  before,  found  "  a 
certain  young  man  suitable  and  pious,  24  years  of  age,  who 
still  needs  one  year  to  complete  his  studies.  He  shows 
great  desire  and  eagerness  to  preach  the  Word  of  God 
among  you.  This  man,  I  believe,  will,  under  God's  gra- 
cious blessing,  be  a  useful  and  successful  preacher  among 
you,  and  I  heartily  recommend  him  to  you.  But  the  ques- 
tion is  whether  you  will  grant  him  a  year's  time  to  com- 
plete his  studies,  and  whether  I  can  advance  him  for  this 
purpose  such  an  amount  of  the  money  which  I  have  re- 
ceived from  you,  as  will  be  necessary  for  it  and  for  his 
examination  and  ordination  in  this  country."  He  reports 
further  that  the  money  which  Reiff  had  given  him  in  their 
name  was  still  in  his  care  and  that  the  reason  why  he  had 
not  written  sooner  was  partly  because  he  had  had  no  earlier 
opportunity,  partly  because  Reiff  had  failed  to  call  on  him 
before  his  departure  in  order  to  take  a  letter  along. 

On  October  30,  1734,  nineteen  members  of  the  Nesha- 

^ssThis  letter,  as  well  as  the  later  letters  exchanged  between  the  Dutch 
ministers  in  Holland  and  the  Reformed  Church  at  Neshaminy,  Bucks 
County,  are  deposited  in  the  archives  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.  This  letter  is  printed  in  full  in  a  paper,  submitted  by 
the  writer  to  the  Bucks  County  Hist.  Society,  January  19,  1918,  entitled 
"  Life  and  Work  of  the  Rev.  Peter  H.  Dorsius." 


Peter  Henry  Dorsius  133 

miny  congregation  answered  the  letter  of  Dr.  Wilhelmius. 
They  expressed  their  willingness  to  wait  for  their  pastor 
and  gave  Wilhelmius  authority  to  use  their  money  for  him, 
but  with  the  condition  that  he  should  see  to  his  examina- 
tion, ordination  and  transportation  to  America.  They 
also  reported  that  they  were  already  busy  in  buying  40 
or  50  acres  as  glebe  land  for  their  pastor's  use. 

On  March  i,  1735,  Dr.  Wilhelmius  sent  another  letter 
to  the  Bucks  County  people.  He  expressed  his  pleasure 
that  they  were  satisfied  with  his  choice  of  a  pastor.  He 
reported  that  the  young  man,  just  about  26  years  old  and 
unmarried,  had  already  made  such  good  progress  in  the 
ancient  languages,  Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew,  that  he  was 
instructing  others  in  them.  He  was  also  well  advanced 
in  theological  studies.  He  was  a  pious  young  man  and 
was  burning  with  desire  to  preach  the  gospel  of  Jesus  in 
another  part  of  the  world.  He  had  made  him  sign  a 
paper,  in  which  he  obligated  himself  to  go  to  Pennsylvania 
immediately  after  completing  his  studies,  or  to  return  the 
money  advanced  to  him  with  double  interest.  Wilhelmius 
stated  that  the  bearer  of  his  letter  was  a  Reformed  min- 
ister from  Switzerland  [Rev.  Maurice  Goetschy],  through 
whom  they  hoped  the  churches  in  Pennsylvania  would  be 
well  organized. 

Another  set  of  letters  was  exchanged  between  Wil- 
helmius and  the  congregation  in  1736,  and  finally  on  May 
22,  1737,  Dr.  Wilhelmius  reported  that  Do.  Dorsius  had 
been  ordained  at  Groningen  and  had  left  for  Philadelphia 
with  Captain  Stedman. 

On  April  5,  1734,  Dorsius  had  matriculated  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Groningen  and  on  September  17,  1736,  at  Ley- 
den.  The  entry  in  the  matriculation  book  of  the  latter 
university  is  as  follows  : 


134  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Petrus  Henricus  Dorsius,   1736  Sept.   17. 
Meursanus,  25.  T. 

This  means  that  on  the  above  date  Peter  Henry  Dorsius, 
a  native  of  Meurs,  25  years  old,  matriculated  as  a  student 
of  theology.  This  corrects  the  statement  of  Dr.  Wil- 
helmius  as  to  his  age.  According  to  his  own  statement  In 
the  matriculation  book  he  was  born  in  171 1. 

Fortunately  we  are  now  able  to  present  definite  infor- 
mation regarding  the  family  and  age  of  Mr.  Dorsius  from 
the  church  records  at  Meurs  (now  Moers),  which  the 
present  pastor,  Rev.  W.  Rotscheidt,  very  kindly  commu- 
nicated to  the  writer,^  ^"^  for  which  he  deserves  the  grati- 
tude of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States. 

Peter  Henry  Dorsius  was  the  son  of  Johann  Henrich 
"  Dorschius"  of  Moers.  His  father  was  a  widower  when 
he  married  Peternella  Gravers  of  Altkirch,  on  September 
15,  1708.     Their  children  were  as  follows: 

1.  Alethea,  baptized  November  15,  1709. 

2.  Peter  Hendrich,  baptized  January  2,  171 1. 

3.  Abraham,  baptized  August  5,  1712. 

4.  Isaac,  baptized  December  22,   1713,   died  soon  afterwards. 

5.  Isaac,  baptized  March  8,  1715. 

An  older  relative  of  his,  who  acted  as  sponsor  at  his 
baptism,  Samuel  Dorsius,  entered  the  Gymnasium  Adolphi- 
num  at  Moers  on  May  8,  1708.  Isaac  Dorsius,  probably 
his  younger  brother,  entered  the  gymnasium  on  May  5, 
1727.  His  own  name  does  not  seem  to  be  registered 
there.  Hence  he  probably  studied  somewhere  else.  In 
1734  he  entered  the  university  of  Groningen,  as  we  have 
seen,  and  in  1736  that  of  Leyden.  In  the  following  year 
he  left  Holland  for  Pennsylvania. 

He  himself  has  given  a  description  of  his  journey  to 

130  In  a  letter,  dated  February  16,  1914. 


Dorshis  leaves  Holland  135 

Pennsylvania  and  his  first  experiences  there  in  a  letter, 
which  he  addressed  to  the  Synodical  Deputies  in  June, 
1749.     He  writes  :^^'^ 

It  is  about  twelve  years  ago,  after  I  had  been  received,  on  April 
30>  1737)  by  the  Classis  of  Schieland  at  Rotterdam  among  the 
number  of  the  candidates  of  theology,  and  on  May  29th  of  the 
same  year  had  been  ordained  by  the  very  learned  theological  faculty 
at  Groningen  to  be  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  that,  on  July  1 1 
ri737]>  I  undertook  the  great  and  dangerous  journey  from  Rotter- 
dam to  Pennsylvania,  when  we  did  not  arrive  safely  at  Philadel- 
phia till  October  5th ;  however,  with  the  loss  of  many  persons,  who 
had  died  at  sea  and  had  been  buried  in  the  great  ocean.  Then  I 
inquired  immediately  after  my  location.  I  learnt  at  once  at  the 
beginning  that  I,  as  well  as  others,  had  been  woefully  misled,  and 
thus  was  sadly  compelled  to  preach  in  the  barn  of  one  farmer  after 
another,  because  there  was  no  house  of  God ;  and  at  the  same  time 
take  up  my  lodging  with  one  family  after  another  in  the  woods 
[bosch],  as  they  are  accustomed  to  call  it  in  this  land.  This  made 
me  think  of  returning  speedily,  but  I  was  kept  back  by  my  con- 
science and  the  example  of  early  Christians.  Through  the  encour- 
aging and  cheering  letters  of  the  very  learned  Rev.  Mr.  Ernest 
Engelbert  Probsting,  p.  t.,  scriba  of  Synod,  written  to  me  in  the 
name  and  by  the  order  of  the  Reverend  Deputies  of  both  Synods, 
I  was  much  strengthened  to  continue  in  the  difficult  work  of  the 
ministry  which  I  had  undertaken. 

Mr.  Boehm  refers  to  the  arrival  of  Dorsius  in  a  letter 
addressed  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  on  March  10, 
1738,  in  which  he  says:^^^ 

Last  fall  there  came  to  this  country  Do.  Dorsius,  as  a  regular 
minister  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  congregation  at  Neshaminy,  Bucks 
County,  and  with  him  another  by  the  name  of  Van  Basten,  who, 

137  Hague  Archives,  74,  II,  12. 

13S  Classical  Archives,  Pennsylvania  Portfolio,  No.  i.  See  Life  and 
Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  259  f. 


136  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

although  he  was  not  ordained,  yet  travels  here  and  there  through 
the  country  and  preaches,  saying  that  he  had  been  sent  from  Hol- 
land.    But  he  has  given  us  absolutely  no  cause  for  joy. 

Turning  to  the  immigrant  lists  of  Rupp,  we  find  that  on 
September  26,  1737,  John  Herman  von  Basten/^**  "  Can- 
didatusS.Th.,"  arrived  at  Philadelphia  in  the  s\i\^  Andre'iv 
Galley,  John  Stedman,  master,  from  Rotterdam.  This 
must  have  been  the  ship  on  which  Mr.  Dorsius  came.  We 
know  from  the  letter  of  Dr.  Wilhelmlus,  quoted  above, 
that  he  came  with  Captain  Stedman,  and  we  know  from 
his  own  letter  of  June  1749,  that  he  arrived  on  October  5, 
1737.  The  latter  is  the  date  according  to  the  "new 
style."  It  is,  hovi^ever,  surprising  that  the  name  of  Dor- 
sius does  not  occur  in  the  list  as  given  by  Rupp,  while  in 
the  list  given  in  the  Pennsylvania  Archives,  Second  Series, 
Vol.  XVII,  pp.  138-140,  both  names  are  wanting. 

The  bill  for  the  ship's  passage  of  Mr.  Dorsius  from 
Captain  Stedman  and  the  receipt  of  Dorsius  given  to  his 
consistory  on  September  28,  1737,  are  still  in  existence.^ '''^ 
They  read  as  follows: 

Myn  Heer  Dorsius  Dr. 

To  John  Stedman 

to  his  passage  &  goods P.  15:  — 

to   Duty   in   England P.     i : '/2 

to  Citty  Dues 3/2: 

to  fresh  Provision  in  England P.     x'.Yi 

Total     P.  19:0 

'39  The  immigrant  list  in  Rupp's  Thirty  Thousand  Names,  p.  109,  give 
us  at  last  the  correct  Christian  name  of  Van  Basten.  In  December,  1738, 
Dorsius  reports  him  as  having  preached  at  Amwell,  N.  J.,  and  on  Long 
Island  and  as  being  at  that  time  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  see  Ecclesiastical 
Records  of  Nev;  York,  Vol.  IV,  p.  2741.  In  1739-40  he  is  reported  as 
preaching  at  Jamaica,  Success,  Oyster  Bay  and  Newtown,  N.  Y.  But  he 
was  addicted  to  drink,  hence  his  activity  as  a  minister  was  brief.  After 
1740  he  disappears.     See  Corwin,  Manual,  4th  ed.,  pp.  807,  loii,  1016. 

i^"  Part  of  church  records  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 


Dorsius  in  Bucks  County  joy 

Receipt  of  Rev.  P.  H.  Dorsius, 
I,  the  undersigned,  acknowledge  clearly  and  distinctly  to  have 
receded  from  the  Reverend  Consistory,  elders  and  deacons,  the 
sum  of  SIX  and  twenty  pounds,  fifteen  shillings  and  two  pence, 
Pennsylyama  currency,  for  the  passage  money  of  person  and  goods 
together  wuh  the  expenses  from  Rotterdam  to  Pennsylvania  fo 
Captam  John  Stedman. 

Given  in  Philadelphia,  September  2S,  1737. 
P.  H.  Dorsius,  minister  in  Bucks 
County,  Pennsylvania. 
Dorsius  and  Boehm  worked  together  very  harmoniously 
till  the  spring  of  1740,  when  Boehm  in  answer  to  the  re- 
quest   of    the    Holland    Synods,    communicated    to    him 
through   Dorsius,   had  prepared  his  elaborate  report  of 
1739,  and  had  handed  it  to  Dorsius  with  the  request  to 
send  ,t  to  Holland.     When   Dorsius  failed  to  do  this, 
ooehm  became  very  indignant. 

On  November  30,  1740,  the  elders  of  Boehm  wrote  a 
defence  of  their  pastor  to  the  Classis,  with  affidavits  re- 
gardmg  the  events  that  had  taken  place. 
In  the  affidavit  it  is  said:^^^ 

When  Mr.  Dorsius,  minister  at  Neshaminy,  was  at  Goshen- 
hoppen  on  the  24th  of  September  1740,  and  baptized  children,  in 
his  anger  against  our  minister,  Mr.  Boehm,  he  burst  out  without 
any  reserve,  m  the  following  expressions  among  others:  "  If  Boehm 
says  that  I  have  not  sent  the  letters,  which  he  wrote  regarding  the 
church,  to  Holland,  he  lies  like  a  scoundrel"  and  this  he  repeated 
several  times.  v^'^^^^ 

Privately  to   Boehm,   Dorsius  had   admitted  that   the 
etter  had  not  been  sent  off.     In  support  of  Boehm  his 
elders  wrote  i^^^^ 

"1  Classical   Archives,   Pennsylvania   Portfolio,    No    ic      See   Lih  n.^ 
Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  338.  ^'       "   ^'^^   """^ 

''-  L.  c.  No.  x6.     See  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  339. 


138  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

His  Reverence  [Mr.  Dorsius]  visited  the  congregations  Saucon 
and  New  Goshenhoppen  on  his  return  home  from  Minisink.  As 
far  as  we  know  he  did  not  visit  any  other  congregations  in  the 
back  woods.  At  that  time  his  Reverence  had  the  young  Goetschi 
preach  the  sermon  and  read  the  baptismal  formula,  while  he  bap- 
tized the  children.  Afterwards  all  that  is  stated  above  took  place. 
It  is  impossible  for  us  to  let  the  case  rest  here  because  his  Rever- 
ence has  not  only  treated  our  beloved  and  faithful  pastor  so  un- 
kindly, but  he  also  attacked  the  respect  due  to  the  reverend  men 
and  devout  church  fathers,  who  established  our  pure  divine  wor- 
ship in  this  country. 

During  the  ministry  of  Dorsius,  in  the  year  1742,  the 
second  schoolmaster  appears  in  Goshenhoppen.  On  De- 
cember 21,  1742,  the  Bethlehem  Diary  reports  a  visit  at 
Bethlehem  of  "John  Adam  Luckenbach,  schoolmaster  at 
Goshenhoppen."  He  was  born  in  17 13  at  Winckelbach, 
near  Hachenburg,  in  Nassau,  Germany.  On  September 
30,  1740,  he  arrived  with  two  other  members  of  his  fam- 
ily at  Philadelphia.  He  served  as  schoolmaster  in  various 
localities,  first  at  Goshenhoppen.  In  1743,  we  find  him 
at  Muddy  Creek,  where  he  assisted  Jacob  Lischy.  When 
Lischy  moved  to  York  County,  in  1745,  Luckenbach  ac- 
companied him  and  became  schoolmaster  in  Kreutz  creek. 
In  1754,  he  was  schoolmaster  in  Allemaengel,  Lynn  town- 
ship, Lehigh  County.  He  married  Eva  Maria  Spiess, 
who  bore  him  one  son  and  two  daughters.  He  died  in 
1785  at  Saucon  and  was  buried  in  the  Moravian  cemetery 
at  Bethlehem.^''2a 

According  to  Boehm's  report  of  1744,  already  quoted, 
Dorsius  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  "several  times" 
before  his  journey  to  Holland,  which  took  place  in  1743. 

142a  See  Reincke,  Register  of  Moravians,  pp.  iii,  131,  Schultze,  Guide  to 
the  Old  Moravian  Cemetery  at  Bethlehem  (Prog,  of  Pa.  Germ.  Soc,  Vol. 
XXI,  p.  14). 


Dorsius  in  Goshenhoppen  139 

In  perfect  agreement  with  this  statement  we  find  thirteen 
children  baptized  at  New  Goshenhoppen  on  August  30, 
1 74 1,  and  six  children  on  September 4,  1742.  Then  there 
is  a  break  in  the  baptismal  record  till  May,  1744.  In  the 
Interval  Dorsius  undertook  a  journey  to  Holland.  This 
was  undertaken,  as  he  explained  later  to  the  Deputies,  be- 
cause there  was  no  prospect  of  growth  for  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed Church  in  Pennsylvania,  first,  because  their  num- 
ber was  becoming  constantly  smaller  through  sickness  and 
death;  secondly,  because  through  intermarriage  the  mem- 
bers were  lost  to  the  church,  and  thirdly,  because  they  had 
no  school-teachers  to  teach  the  children  the  Dutch  lan- 
guage. In  view  of  this  condition  Dorsius  desired  permis- 
sion either  to  accept  a  call  to  another  church  or  to  remain 
in  Holland.  As  his  letter  to  the  Deputies,  written  in  June, 
1749,  gives  an  interesting  account  of  this  journey,  it  may 
be  quoted  in  part:^^^ 

I  considered  all  this  very  carefully,  besides,  the  continual  com- 
plaints of  the  consistory  (which  had  to  collect  the  pastor's  salary), 
that  they  were  no  longer  able  to  pay  the  68  pounds  of  salary  which 
they  had  promised,  without  injuring  their  own  families,  as  they 
were  not  able  to  secure  the  promised  salary  from  the  congregation, 
but  had  been  compelled  to  add  each  year  enough  money  so  as  to 
complete  the  salary;  hence  after  full  deliberation  I  concluded  to 
return  to  my  fatherland  and  to  undertake  the  difficult  and  expen- 
sive journey  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord  of  Lords,  also  to  call  the 
consistory  together,  submit  to  them  my  plans,  ask  for  a  certificate, 
in  case  it  should  happen  that  I  would  not  return.  This  was  done 
on  the  9th  of  March,  o.s.  My  just  request  was  granted  and  a 
certificate  was  given  to  me,  together  with  a  petition  to  the  Rev. 
Deputies  for  another  faithful  shepherd  and  teacher,  at  a  lower 
salary,  in  as  much  as  I  might  feel  inclined  to  stay  in  my  own  coun- 
try.    This  certificate  and  also  the  letters  written  to  me  by  the 

^^3  The  same  letter  of  Dorsius  quoted  before,  see  note  137. 


140  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

learned  Mr.  Probsting,  I  handed  over  to  the  Christian  Synod  of 
North  Holland  in  the  year  1743,  in  answer  to  the  request  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Cornelius  Houthoff,  p.  t,,  deputy  of  the  Synods.  These 
writings  are  most  likely  still  in  the  hands  of  the  reverend  gentlemen. 

Then  I  began  the  great  journey  on  the  26th  of  May,  1743,  o.s., 
from  New  York  to  Amsterdam,  where  I  arrived  safely  and  well 
on  the  14th  of  July  at  Texel.  Then  on  the  26th  and  27th  of 
July  I  appeared  before  the  Christian  Synod  of  North  Holland  held 
at  Hoorn,  in  order  to  make  known  the  lamentable  and  desolate 
condition  of  the  American  Reformed  churches,  especially  of  the 
Dutch  people,  over  whom  I  had  been  placed  as  shepherd  and 
teacher.  This,  however,  did  not  have  the  result  or  effect,  which 
I  had  desired  or  expected.  I  could  not  stay  in  Holland  because 
on  the  one  hand  it  was  to  be  feared  that  the  fire  of  war  might  break 
out  between  France  and  England,  which  would  make  the  Spanish 
Sea,  over  which  we  had  to  sail,  unsafe  and  dangerous  to  travelers, 
as  to  our  grief,  it  proved  to  be  the  case  in  the  spring  of  the  follow- 
ing year.  On  the  other  hand,  my  domestic  affairs  (of  which  I  do 
not  wish  to  speak  further)  could  not  be  arranged  so  as  to  make  it 
possible  for  me  to  stay  longer  in  Holland.  Moreover,  a  suitable 
opportunity  offered  itself  so  that  I  could  readily  bear  the  expense 
of  the  journey  and  return  home  again. 

Hence  on  the  19th  of  October  1743,  o.s.,  I  again  undertook 
the  great  journey  across  the  sea,  when  after  suffering,  especially  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Ireland,  many  hardships  and  dangers  on  the 
ocean,  common  to  the  winter  season,  I  did  not  reach  Philadelphia 
till  January  16,  1744,  o.s.,  though  in  good  health.  From  there 
I  returned  to  Bucks  County,  where  I  tried  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  the  ministry  faithfully. 

Shortly  after  his  return  from  Holland,  Dorsius  visited 
Goshenhoppen  again.  Boehm  in  his  report  of  1744  refers 
at  length  to  this  visit  :^^^ 

^**  Minutes  of  Cactus,  p.  26  f.;  also  Life  and  Letters  of  Boehm,  p.  419  f. 


Boehm   on   Goshenhoppen  in   1^44  141 

Boehm's  Account  of  Goshenhoppen  in  1744. 
As  I  learned  on  Tuesday  after  last  Easter  at  Goshenhoppen  from 
a  ruling  elder,  it  is  arranged  that  he  [Dorsius]  shall  again  admin- 
ister the  Lord's  Supper  to  them  in  the  next  coming  month  of  May. 
On  this  Tuesday  after  Easter,  when  I  happened  to  come  to  Goshen- 
hoppen, I  found  this  among  them:  On  Good  Friday,  they  allowed 
the  base  deceiver,  Jacob  Lischy,  to  preach  in  their  church,  who  at 
the  same  time  baptized  two  children.     When  I  represented  to  two 
elders,  who  were  together  on  this  Tuesday  after  Easter,  the  impro- 
priety of  this  act  in  the  presence  of  several  people,  in  having  per- 
mitted a  Moravian  to  do  such  things  they  answered  me  that  they 
themselves  had  held  it  up  to  him,  but  he  had  protested  with  an 
oath  and  called  upon  God  to  forsake  him  if  he  were  a  Moravian. 
He  claimed  to  be  a  Reformed  preacher  from  Switzerland.     Then 
I   showed    them   his    Moravian   hymn    book,    entitled   "  Shepherd 
Songs  of  Bethlehem,  for  the  use  of  all  who  are  humble,"  which 
before  this  was  his  own  pocket  hymn  book,  and  came  to  my  hands 
in  a  wonderful  but  honorable  way,  in  which  he  had  written  his 
name  with  his  own  hand ;  When  they  compared  the  letter  he  had 
written  to  them  with  it  and  saw  that  it  was  his  own  handwriting, 
they  realized  his  wicked  conduct,  the  more  so  because,  when  they 
told  him  that  I  had  this  little  book,  he  denied  it  was  his,  say- 
ing that  he  knew  nothing  of  the  book,  that  others  could  easily 
write  his  name  in  a  book;  he  could  not  prevent  that,  and  that  for 
this  reason  he  had  long  regarded  me  as  a  treacherous  Boehm,  of 
whom  he  had  heard  before  in  Holland,  etc.     Then  they  acted  as 
if  they  were  sorry.     But  one  among  them,  Michael  Radner,  con- 
fessed that  it  was  his  fault  alone  that  Lischy  had  come  into  the 
church.     Whereupon  I  took  my  departure.     The  next  day  I  spoke 
with  another  ruling  elder,  who  was  not  present  the  day  before. 
This  one  said  to  me  with  a  sad  heart,  almost  with  tears:  "But 
what  shall  we  do?     Mr.  Dorsius  has  told  us  we  should  not  think 
that  we  could  get  ministers  from  Holland.     We  should  ourselves 
see  to  it,  what  was  to  be  done."     The  Hollanders  had  said :  "  What 
do  the  Pennsylvanians  imagine  themselves  to  be?     They  live  in  a 


142  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

free  country,  have  nothing  to  pay  to  any  royal  court,  yet  want  to 
give  but  ten  pounds  in  such  a  large  congregation  to  a  minister; 
then  we  cannot  provide  them  with  a  minister,"  etc.  Nevertheless 
I  admonished  them  to  remain  steadfast  in  prayer,  and  without 
being  discouraged  to  wait  upon  God's  favor.  As  for  me,  I  felt 
assured  that  if  our  pious  church  Fathers  desired  to  admonish  us  or 
were  displeased  about  anything,  they  would  not  thus  rudely  present 
it,  but  speak  of  it  in  an  amicable  and  friendly  manner,  becoming  to 
servants  of  God.  But  according  to  my  expectations  the  affairs  of 
our  church  would  take  quite  a  different  turn  under  the  providence 
of  God  and  his  guidance.     And  thus  we  separated.  .  .  . 

Do.  Dorsius  has  also  promised  the  people  at  New  Goshenhoppen 
to  administer  the  Lord's  Supper  there  on  May  6th,  and  that  on 
the  7th  he  would  be  at  Old  Goshenhoppen,  situated  about  four 
miles  from  Skippack,  where  the  Lutheran  and  Reformed  people 
wish  to  build  a  union  church  (whereby  again  some  members  will 
be  drawn  away  from  Skippack,  for  until  now  this  district  had  be- 
longed to  Skippack)  and  on  May  7th  he  will  there  lay  the  corner- 
stone. On  this  occasion  the  Lutheran  preacher,  Andres  by  name, 
and  Do.  Dorsius  are  each  to  preach  a  sermon.  Do.  Dorsius  asked 
said  Lutheran  pastor  to  announce  this  from  his  pulpit  for  the 
benefit  of  his  Lutheran  congregation,  which  he  did  on  April  8th. 
Afterwards  I  was  told  by  some  of  my  elders  who  were  present 
that  the  Lutheran  minister  distinctly  said:  "Rev.  Inspector  Dor- 
sius will  administer  the  Lord's  Supper  on  May  6th  at  New  Goshen- 
hoppen for  the  Reformed  people,  and  on  the  7th  ditto,  at  the  laying 
of  the  corner-stone  of  the  union  church  at  Old  Goshenhoppen,  he 
as  well  as  myself  (the  Lutheran  pastor)  will  preach  the  first  ser- 
mon (which  words  a  certain  man  who  had  heard  them  told  me 
with  astonishment  in  my  house  on  the  i6th  of  April).  .  .  . 

P.S.  On  May  6th,  Do.  Dorsius  administered  the  Lord's  Sup- 
per at  New  Goshenhoppen,  several  persons  from  Falkner  Swamp 
communed  there  without  saying  anything. 

On  May  7th,  the  corner-stone  of  the  above  mentioned  union 
church  was  to  be  laid ;  a  considerable  number  of  people  were  pres- 


Cornerstone  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  143 

ent,  but  the  day  was  rainy.  Do.  Dorsius  did  not  come.  It  was 
postponed  till  Whit  Monday,  May  14th,  old  style.  Do.  Dorsius 
again  did  not  come.  But  an  elder  of  New  Goshenhoppen  was 
appointed  to  represent  Do.  Dorsius,  and  the  work  was  thus  accom- 
plished. 

The  presence  of  Do.  Dorsius  at  New  Goshenhoppen  in 
May,  1744,  is  corroborated  by  the  church  record,  for  on 
May  5,  1744,  six  children  were  baptized,  and  their  bap- 
tisms entered  into  the  church  record  by  one  of  the  eiders. 
The  pastor  who  officiated  was  undoubtedly  Mr.  Dorsius. 

The  cornerstone  laying  at  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  church 
is  described  more  fully  in  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  Lu- 
theran record,  which  has  also  preserved  the  agreement, 
then  drawn  up  by  the  Lutheran  and  Reformed  people.  It 
is  as  follows: 

Agreement  Placed  in  Cornerstone  of  Old  Goshenhoppen 
Church,  May  14,  1744. 

Anno  1744,  May  14th,  through  the  wonderful  providence  of  the 
all-wise  God  and  against  all  expectations,  these  two  congregations, 
Lutheran  and  Reformed,  began  to  build  a  large,  beautiful  stone 
church.  In  this  year  was  laid  the  cornerstone,  in  which  the  fol- 
lowing writing  was  put  and  deposited : 

In  the  Name  of  the  Blessed  Trinity,  Amen. 

Through  the  all-wise  providence  of  God  it  has  come  to  pass  that 
both  Evangelical  congregations,  Lutheran  and  Reformed,  con- 
cluded to  build  a  new  stone-church,  for  which  the  corner-stone  was 
laid  today  in  the  name  of  God.  Inasmuch  as  under  such  circum- 
stances, and  for  the  safety  of  both  parties,  a  written  agreement  is 
necessary,  showing  in  what  manner  each  congregation  is  to  conduct 
itself  and  what  rights  each  possesses,  therefore,  the  following  con- 
tract has  been  made  and  established  by  us: 

First :  We  implore  unitedly  and  with  burning  hearts  the  almighty 


144  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

and  all-gracious  God,  that  he  may  not  allow  any  discord  or  dissen- 
sion to  arise  among  us,  but  may  preserve  us  in  love  and  unity,  that 
our  Christian  work,  undertaken  by  us,  may  have  a  happy  issue. 

Secondly:  No  congregation,  neither  Lutheran  nor  Reformed, 
shall  have  any  preference  in  the  divine  service,  nor  shall  any  con- 
gregation have  more  rights  in  the  church  than  the  other,  but  every- 
thing shall  be  done  in  love,  without  confusion  and  disorder,  nor 
shall  either  congregation  disturb  the  divine  services  of  the  other. 

Thirdly:  We  stipulate  mainly  and  earnestly,  that  no  false 
teacher,  suspected  of  heresy,  who  adheres  to  neither  the  Lutheran 
nor  the  Reformed  doctrines,  shall  under  any  circumstances  be  per- 
mitted or  tolerated  in  our  house  of  God,  but  in  such  a  case  either 
congregation  shall  have  authority,  right  and  power  to  close  and 
lock  the  church  against  such  a  false  teacher. 

To  our  posterity  we  wish  temperal  and  eternal  blessedness. 
And,  inasmuch  as  Jesus  Christ  is  the  only  corner-stone  and  founda- 
tion of  our  faith,  who  is  made  unto  us  wisdom,  righteousness, 
sanctification  and  redemption,  therefore  may  he  grant  that  this  our 
faith  may  be  continued  and  preserved  to  all  times,  in  order  that  we 
all  at  last,  when  heaven  and  earth  perish,  may  be  translated  from 
the  church  militant  unto  the  church  triumphant,  and  then,  before 
the  throne  of  the  Lamb,  all  of  us,  with  one  accord,  may  honor  and 
praise  God,  through  our  dear  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

In  testimony  whereof  the  elders  of  both  congregations  have 
affixed  their  own  signatures. 

Old  Goshenhoppen,  May  14,  1744. 

Reformed :  Lutherans : 

Christian  Schneider  Michael  REiHER-fhis  mark 

Christian  Lehmann  Balsar  Gerlach 

Bernhard  Arnd  Philip  Gabel 

JOHANN    ZiEWER.  CoNRAD  ScHNEIDER. 

As  to  the  cost  of  the  church  nothing  certain  is  at  hand,  because, 
in  the  first  place,  the  two  congregations  have  helped  and  given 
much,  and  in  the  next  place,  other  friends  have  also  contributed 
their  share. 


THE    PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN    SOCIETY. 


CORNERSTONE    OF    OLD    GOSHENHOPPER     CHURCH,     1744. 
(See  Page  145.) 


HOUSE    OF    WILLIAM     DEWEES,    WHITEMARSH. 

(REFORMED  PEOPLE   OF  WHITEMARSH    MET   HERE,    1725-1745.) 


Declaration  of  Trust  in   1744  145 

The  cornerstone  of  the  first  church  at  Old  Goshenhop- 
pen  is  still  preserved  in  the  right  hand  corner  of  the  pres- 
ent building.     It  bears  an  interesting  Latin  inscription : 

LIberaLItas  pLebIs  i.  e.  The  liberality  of  the  people 

LVtheran.b  atqVe  Lutheran  and  also 

REFORMATS  HAS  jeDes  Reformed  this  house 

Vna  eXstrVXIt.  unitedly  has  erected. 

I.  C.  ANDREW.  PAST.  LVTH.  J.  C.  Andreae,  Luth. 

pastor. 

The  inscription  is  unique  because  the  capital  letters  when 
added  together  give  the  year  1744.  This  can  be  easily 
demonstrated : 

Line  i.  LI.  LL  LI.  =    153 

Line  2.  L.  V.  V.  =      60 

Line  3.  M.  D.  z=  1500 

Line  4.  V.  X.  VXL  =     31 

174+ 

This  ingenious  method  of  indicating  the  date  is  prob- 
ably due  to  the  Lutheran  pastor,  J.  C.  Andreae,  whose 
name  was  put  into  the  last  line  of  the  inscription. 

Shortly  before  the  cornerstone  laying  of  the  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen  church  took  place,  the  church  wardens  or  trus- 
tees of  the  two  congregations  had  drawn  up  a  "  declaration 
of  trust,"  which  because  of  its  contents  and  remarkable 
English  deserves  to  be  published  in  full,  spelling  and  all, 
verbatim  and  literatim.     It  is  dated  April  i6,  1744: 

Declaration  of  Trust  by  Old  Goshenhoppen  Elders, 
April  16,  1744. 

To  all  Christian  People  to  Whom  these  Presents  Writings 
Shall  Come  Know  Ye  that  We  Michael  Reyer,  Churchwardens  of 
the  Lutherian  Congregation  &  Jacob  Keller,  Churchwardens  of 
the  Reformirth  Congregation  of  Upper  Sollford  Township  in  the 


146  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

County  of  Philadelphia  are  Lawfully  Invested  by  a  Warrant  of 
the  Hounorable  the  Propriedais  Date  the  twelfth  Day  of  January 
anno  Domini  1737  there  was  Surveyed  and  laid  out  on  the  Six- 
teenth Day  of  the  Said  Month  unto  us  the  said  Michael  Reyer 
and  Jacob  Keller  of  the  County  of  Philadelphia  a  certain  Tract 
of  Land  Seituate  in  the  s^  Upper  Sollford  Township  in  the  s^ 
County  BEGINNING  at  a  Post  in  a  Line  of  other  Land  of  the 
said  Jacob  Keller  and  Extending  thence  by  the  Same  South  East 
Seventy  Perches  to  a  Post  thence  by  other  Land  of  the  Said 
Michael  Reyer  Southwest  ninety  three  Perches  to  a  Post  at  a 
Corner  of  Adam  Mayrers  Land  thence  by  the  same  North  west 
Seventy  Perches  to  a  Post  thence  by  Vacant  Land  North  East 
Neinty  three  Perches  to  the  place  of  Beginning  Containing  thirty 
Eight  acres  and  a  quarter  and  an  allowance  Proportional  to  Six 
acres  Per  Cent,  for  Roads  and  Highways  as  in  and  by  the  Survey 
thereof  remaining  in  the  Surveyor  Generals  OfKce  may  appear- 
Now  KNOW  Ye  that  we  the  s^.  Michael  Reyer  &  Jacob  Keller, 
Chosen  Churchwardens  of  both  the  said  Congregations  have  gath- 
ered so  moch  money  as  woult  pay  for  s^  tract  of  Land  and  Cost 
and  Charges  to  pay,  and  was  agreed  between  them  two  said  Con- 
gregations that  this  place  shall  be  for  no  other  use  but  to  built  a 
Shoolhause  and  in  Fouture  to  come  a  Chirch  to  keep  a  School- 
master upon  said  pleace  Either  between  the  both  Congragations  or 
Every  on  for  them  selfes  and  also  built  a  Church  between  both  s^ 
Congregation  or  Ever}'  one  for  them  selfes  and  we  Paid  for  said 
Land  &  patend  warrant  and  Recortern  and  sum  other  Costs  Eight 
pounds  nine  Shillings  &  Three  pence  of  the  money  we  gathered. 
Now  because  the  Patend  and  also  the  Draught  of  s*^  tract  Is  made 
upon  us  and  In  our  names  weilst  It  Could  not  be  Done  otherwise, 
So  we  Prodest  and  Declear  by  and  with  this  presents,  that  we  or 
our  Heirs,  Exect%  Administ^,  or  Assigns  shall  have  no  claim  or 
Demand  of  in  or  to  the  s*  Land  or  any  part  thereof  From  or  after 
our  Decease  but  to  permit  and  Suffer  the  s^  two  Congregations 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  and  Every  of  them  to  have,  possess  and 
enjoy  to  their  own  use  for  Ever  the  said  Land  and  Every  part 
thereof  without  any  Let  or  disturbance  of  or  by  us  our  Exect' 


Dorsius  returns  to  Holland  147 

tfi  s  or  any  of  the.r  acts  means  consents  or  procurements  Clearly 
K^e^ed  ac,u,tted  and  Discharged  of  and  from  al,  Ineumbran 
What  So  Ever  by  them  had,  made  and  Committed  or  Done  or  to 
be  had  made  Committed  or  Done  but  the  two  Congarlgatlons  b" 
tween  them  shall  pay  the  Quittrend  Due  and  for  Ever  »  Ze  to 
he  Hounorable  the  Propriedars  according  as  it  is  mentioned  in 
the  patend  we  have  and  Shall  also  have  the  two  Congrigations  the 
Re>ght  and  Power  given  in  the  patend  to  us,  that  we  never  have 
any  more  to  Demand  than  another  man  of  the  s-  two  congrigations 
and  that  also  for  the  true  performans  We  give  to  Every  Congri- 
gat,ons  th,s  writings  from  unter  our  hands  and  Seals  Dated  this 
.6th  Day  of  Aprill  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  fourty  four  Annoque  Domini  1744. 
Scaled  &  Delivered  in  the  presence  of  us 

Christun  ^X    Lehman  Michael   X    Rever  (Seal) 

his  "^  "'^""^ 

Adam    X    Meyrer  Christian  Schneyder  fn  place 

mark  of  JaCOB  KeLLER   (SeAL) 

Philad«  ,a,h  JanM737.     Received  of  Michael  Royer  and  Jacob 
Keller  five  pounds  Seventeen  Shillings  &  nine  Pence  in  full  for 
h,r.y  eight  acres  of  Land  Surveyed  to  them  in  Salford  Township 
m  the  County  of  Philadelphia.     Received  for  the  use  of  the  Pro 
pnetaries. 

^  ^  '^^'  ^  James  Steelyard. 

After  1744,   Dorsius  visited  Goshenhoppen  no  more, 

a   hough  he  remained  pastor  of  Neshaminy,  Bucks  County, 

till  1748,  when  he  returned  to  Holland.     There  he  died 

about  the  year  1757.  -=^    The  last  reference  to  him  is  in 

folia  uZhJxTT:  f  ^''°"'"  "^  ""'^"^^'  ^^^^--  ''f  ^he  Re- 
Chuch    nl  VuJ"^'  '■  ''''■'  ^°°^'  ''"^'^y  ^f  ^f-  J^^formed 

94.  Corw,n.  Manual  of  Reformed  Church,  4th  ed.,  pp.  439-31.     The  most 


148  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

the  minutes  of  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  under  date  Oc- 
tober 5,  1750.^'*^*  From  1752  to  1776  his  widow  received 
support  from  the  Coetus  of  Pennsylvania. 

extensive  account  of  the  "  Life  and  Work  of  the  Rev.  Peter  H.  Dorsiiis  " 
was  given  by  the  writer  in  a  paper  submitted  to  the  Bucks  County  Hist. 
Societj-,  see  above,  note  135. 

1*^^  Ecclesiastical  Records  of  New  York,  V^ol.  IV,  p.  3138. 


CHAPTER   V. 


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Ministry  of  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller, 
1745-1748. 

N  July  7,  1745,  a  new  handwriting  appears  in 
the  New  Goshenhoppen  record.  It  is  that 
of  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller.  On  Sep- 
tember 27,  1745,  he  acted  as  sponsor  at  the 
baptism  of  a  son  of  Johan  Adam  Mengel. 
On  March  23,  1746,  a  son  of  Frederick 
Casimir  Mueller  himself  was  baptized  with  Johann  Hoff- 
mann and  Friedrich  Helwig  as  witnesses.  The  record 
itself  gives  no  indication  that  Mueller  was  actually  the 
pastor  of  the  congregation.  All  that  can  be  inferred  from 
the  record  is  that  between  July  7,  1745,  and  April  28, 
1750,  he  entered  thirty-five  baptisms  into  the  record.  But 
what  is  lacking  in  the  record  is  fully  supplied  by  other 
evidence. 

In  Schlatter's  private  diary  we  read  under  date  Septem- 
ber 20,  1746:^^^ 

I  preached  in  the  new  stone  church  at  Old  Goshenhoppen,  but 
inasmuch  as  a  considerable  part  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  con- 
gregation adheres  to  a  certain  hireling,  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller, 
who  was  a  school  teacher  but  now  wants  to  be  a  minister,  I  was 
not  able  to  accomplish  anything.     I  concluded  to  investigate  this 

14C  Printed  in  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  iii  f. 

149 


150  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

matter  at  some  other  time  and  then  fix  the  salary.  I  shall  also 
endeavor  to  bring  about,  with  the  help  of  God,  unity  in  the  con- 
gregation, since  Do.  Weiss  is  generally  liked.  But,  whereas  some 
adhere  to  the  above-mentioned  Fred.  Mueller,  it  is  necessary  to  use 
prudence,  because  he  is  a  bold  fellow  and  was  in  the  congregation 
before  Do.  Weiss  returned  from  Rhinebeck. 

At  a  later  place  in  the  same  diary  Schlatter  refers  at 
length  to  Casimir  Mueller  and  sheds  considerable  light  on 
his  activity  :^^" 

The  above  mentioned  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller  is  the  only  one 
thus  far  known  to  me,  who  is  not  willing  to  submit  to  any  order, 
but,  as  he  states  himself,  will  create  as  much  dissension  and  division 
as  possible.  But  I  trust  to  Almighty  God,  that  Mueller  alone 
will  not  be  able  to  hinder  the  progress  of  God's  work,  which  other- 
wise is  blessed  everywhere. 

He  has  now  10  or  12  small  congregations  in  and  about  Oley  and 
in  New  Goshenhoppen  about  18  men,  who  adhere  to  him  and  re- 
fuse to  side  with  Do.  Weiss,  being  so  to  speak  bewitched  with  his 
bragging  and  assurance.  During  the  whole  week  he  rides  about 
and  tries  to  make  the  kind  intention  of  the  Reverend  Synods  ob- 
noxious to  his  adherents,  pretending  that  if  they  submit  to  them 
they  will  lose  their  liberty  and  accept  unbearable  fetters. 

I  asked  him  to  come  to  see  me  in  Oley  on  September  23rd.  At 
that  time  he  appeared  to  me  rather  favorable,  and  in  view  of  your 
Reverences'  counsel,  I  made  to  him  the  following  proposition  in 
the  presence  of  Do.  Weiss:  Whether,  if  he  were  a  true  Reformed 
man,  he  would  from  now  on  abstain  from  administering  the  Lord's 
Supper  and  from  uniting  people  in  marriage,  until  I  had  written 
to  the  Reverend  Fathers  and  received  their  answer,  whether  the 
Reverend  Synods  deemed  it  wise  that,  like  Dom.  Boehm  in  former 
years,  he  be  ordained  by  a  Coetus  and  be  installed  as  a  regular 
minister  in  a  regular  congregation?  To  this  he  heartily  agreed, 
but  on  the  following  Sunday,  through  God's  wonderful  providence, 

^^^  L.  c,  p.  119. 


THE    PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN    SOCIETY. 


1 


Frederick  Casimir  Mueller  151 

he  made  hfmself  unworthy  of  the  good  opinion  which  I  had  formed 
about  him.     For  he  baptized  children  as  before  and  announced 
he  administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper  in  four  weeks.     Hence  I 
lost  all  desire  to  write  to  you  in  his  behalf. 

From  the  Hebron  Diary,  written  by  the  Moravian  pas- 
tors at  Lebanon,  it  appears  that  Frederick  was  the  call 
name  of  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller,  for  his  name  always 
appears  there  as  Frederick  Mueller.  The  same  conclusion 
can  be  drawn  from  his  own  signature,  which  is  usually 
Friederich  C.  Miiller. 

Rupp's  Thirty  Thousand  Names,  notes  the  arrival  of 
three  Friedrich  Muellers  from  1727-1744.  On  Septem- 
ber  30,  1743,  a  Friedrich  Miller  qualified,  whose  name 
was  written  by  the  clerk,  probably  because  he  himself  was 
unable  to  vvrite.  On  September  24,  1742,  a  Friederich 
Muller  qualified,  who  came  in  the  same  ship  as  John  Jacob 
Kiess,  another  Reformed  pastor  at  Goshenhoppen.  A 
third  Friedrich  Muller  arrived  October  28,  1738  We 
are  inclined  to  regard  the  second  Mueller  identical  with 
our  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller,  because  he  was  apt  to 
make  his  presence  felt  shortly  after  his  arrival. 

In  spite  of  Schlatter's  unfavorable  opinion,  Mueller 
preached  acceptably  to  numerous  Reformed  congregations 
and  no  doubt  did  a  good  work,  in  his  own  way.  It  may 
serve,  therefore,  a  useful  purpose  to  put  together  the  scat- 
tered  references  to  his  life  and  work. 

In  a  letter  of  Schlatter,  dated  October  3,  1746,  which  is 
lost  ,n  the  original,  but  an  extract  of  which  has  been  pre- 
served in  the  Minutes  of  the  Synodical  Deputies  of  March 
21-22,  1747,  Schlatter  states  that  Mueller  had  been  a 
schoo  teacher  at  a  place  near  Mayence,  in  the  Palatinate. 
m  July,  1745,  he  appears  for  the  first  time  in  Pennsyl- 
vania,  as  pastor  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation 


152  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

On  October  19,  1746,  Schlatter  visited  New  Goshen- 
hoppen again,  in  order  to  restore  if  possible  order  and  har- 
mony in  the  congregation.  His  private  diary  describes 
his  experiences  at  that  time  as  follows  :^'*'^ 

On  the  19th,  I  traveled  to  New  Goshenhoppen,  18  miles,  to- 
gether with  Dos.  Boehm  and  Weiss,  in  order  to  remove  if  possible 
the  division  which  had  been  caused  in  the  congregation  by  the  above 
mentioned  Miller. 

I  preached  from  II.  Chron.  15:  2-4.  After  that  I  tried  to  gain 
the  adherents  of  Miller  with  love  and  kind  words  and  win  them 
for  Do.  Weiss,  but  Miller,  who  was  in  the  church,  controlled  his 
party  to  such  an  extent  that  all  my  efforts  were  in  vain.  He  is 
said  to  have  declared  from  the  pulpit,  last  Sunday,  October  i6th, 
that  even  if  the  black  and  white  wigs  (meaning  the  Hollanders 
and  Switzers),  would  come,  they  could  not  drive  him  away.  Fi- 
nally I  wanted  to  know  how  strong  his  adherents  were  and  asked 
them  to  raise  their  right  hand,  but  they  refused,  saying  that  they 
would  not  swear  an  oath.  Then  I  asked  them  that,  as  a  sign  of 
their  difference,  they  should  put  on  their  hats,  but  they  refused  that 
also.  At  last  I  asked  that  those  who  held  with  Do.  Weiss  should 
cover  their  heads,  thus  I  was  able  to  count  the  others  against  their 
will,  namely  17  or  18  families.  Thereupon  I  admonished  them 
all  to  be  peaceful  and  I  caused  the  party  of  Do.  Weiss,  numbering 
about  30,  to  put  upon  paper  their  contribution  toward  his  salary, 
which  amounted  to  about  15  pounds  and  thirty  bushels  of  wheat. 

In  Schlatter's  diary,  as  published  by  Dr.  Harbaugh  in 
his  "Life  of  Rev.  Michael  Schlatter,"  p.  140,  is  this  addi- 
tional sentence:  "Although  we  did  not,  at  this  time,  suc- 
ceed in  accomplishing  this  object,  yet  the  Lord  interposed 
some  time  afterwards  and  restored  order." 

Almost  immediately  after  the  visit  of  Schlatter,  Mueller 
wrote  him  a  letter  on  October  29,  1746,  which,  following 
the  "old  style,"  he  dated  October  18,  1746.     As  it  is  the 

1*8/,.  c,  p.  160. 


Letter  of  Mueller  153 

only  letter  of  Mueller  in  existence  and  reveals  clearly  his 
attitude  and  spirit,  we  shall  give  it  in  full  :^^^ 

Letter  of  Frederick  C.  Mueller  to  Schlatter. 

Goshenhoppen,  October  18,  1746. 

I  have  thought  much  about  you,  since  I  saw  and  heard  j'ou  at 
Goshenhoppen,  for  the  reason  that  I  expect  you  to  organize  every- 
thing in  good  order.  You  ought  to  know  that  church  questions 
cannot  be  treated  like  secular  affairs,  which  was  done  nevertheless. 
At  the  city  hall  I  saw  how  people  were  asked  to  raise  their  hands 
or  make  a  sign  with  their  hat.  That  is  the  way  it  looked  at  your 
organization,  to  the  amusement  of  the  sects. 

I  do  not  wish  to  make  j^ou  proud,  but  simply  to  write  }'^ou  the 
thoughts  of  my  heart.  I  care  little  or  nothing  whether  you  send  a 
petition  to  Holland  or  not,  nor  will  I  allow  you  to  forbid  me  any- 
thing. If  I  need  a  petition,  my  congregations  are  willing  to  draw 
it  up  themselves,  for  they  can  give  the  best  testimonial  regarding 
me.  I  am  ready  to  submit  to  an  honorable  Church  Council,  but 
not  to  beg  for  anything,  and  if  my  congregations  submit  a  testi- 
monial to  the  honorable  Church  Council  as  to  j^ou  and  take  as 
much  interest  in  it  as  you,  I  shall  have  good  help,  but  they  will  not 
drive  me  away  from  the  congregations  which  love  me  heartily. 
You  should  know  that  neither  money  nor  anything  else  will  induce 
me  to  give  up  the  congregation,  even  if  Mr.  Weiss's  salary  for  two 
years  be  offered  to  me.  You  promised  to  secure  me  a  place  as  a 
schoolteacher.  I  hope  you  will  stand  by  your  word,  but  if  you 
are  unable,  because  you  can  issue  no  command  which  the  farmers 
must  respect,  I  shall  look  for  such  a  place  myself. 

I  wish  you  heartfelt  humility  from  him  w^ho  can  give  abundantly. 
I  shall  report  the  outcome  of  the  affair  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bruj^nings 
in  Amsterdam,  whom  I  know  and  love  heartily. 

Your  ever  ready  (Servant) 

FrID.    CaSIMIR    MiJLLER. 
1*9  Hague  Archives,  74,  I,  51  (9). 


154  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

We  cannot  state  definitely  when  Mueller  left  Goshen- 
hoppen. It  may  have  been  in  1747,  for  on  September  29, 
1747,  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss  reported  New  Goshen- 
hoppen as  one  of  his  congregations.^^*^  But  inasmuch  as 
Do.  Weiss  dates  the  beginnings  of  his  ministry  in  1748,  it 
is  more  likely  that  Mueller  withdrew  in  that  year.  Weiss 
heads  his  baptismal  entries  with  the  statement  "from  1748 
till  the  year  1758,  the  following  adult  persons  were  bap- 
tized, upon  the  profession  of  their  faith."  Also  his  cate- 
chumens were  recorded  from  the  year  1748.  Neverthe- 
less, Mueller  continued  his  visits  to  Goshenhoppen,  for  in 
1749,  January  to  July,  he  entered  five  baptisms  into  the 
record  and  one  on  April  28,  1750.  The  record  book  re- 
mained in  the  hands  of  Mueller's  followers  till  1757,  when 
it  passed  into  the  custody  of  Weiss.  But  even  as  late  as 
1752  we  hear  of  a  Mueller  faction  in  New  Goshenhoppen. 

In  order  to  realize  the  importance  of  Mueller  for  the 
Reformed  Church,  we  must  review  his  labors  outside  of 
Goshenhoppen.  It  is  at  present  impossible  for  us  to  iden- 
tify all  of  the  ten  or  twelve  congregations  in  and  about 
Oley,  which  Schlatter  reports  him  as  serving  in  1746. 
We  can,  however,  trace  his  activity  in  a  number  of  con- 
gregations. 

In  1746,  he  appears  in  Berne,  Berks  Co.  An  entry  in 
the  Berne  record  by  his  hand  reads:  "  Register  [showing] 
how  many  and  whose  children  were  entered  by  me  Fried- 
rich  Casimir  Miiller,  at  this  time  preacher,  1746."  His 
handwriting  stops  in  November,  1746.  Then  there  is  a 
break  till  February,  1749,  when  a  new  set  of  entries  begins 
running  till  April,  1752.  Though  not  written  by  Miller 
himself,  it  is  barely  possible  that  the  baptisms  were  per- 
formed by  him. 

^'"^  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  33. 


Pastorates  of  Mueller  155 

In  1748,  Mueller  appears  In  Long  Swamp,  Berks 
County.  After  stating  that  the  first  church  there  had 
been  begun  in  September,  1748,  Jacob  Weimer,  the  faith- 
ful schoolmaster,  writes  in  the  Long  Swamp  record : 
"  After  having  completed  this  church  to  the  honor  of  God 
and  for  their  own  salvation,  they  called  the  Rev.  Fridrig 
Casemer  Miller  to  dedicate  this  house  and  they  accepted 
him  as  their  preacher,  who  served  them  for  some  time." 
How  long  Mueller  stayed  at  Long  Swamp  is  not  certainly 
known,  but  probably  till  1752. 

In  October,  1752,  the  Minutes  of  Coetus  report'^^  that 
he  was  "supported  by  a  part  of  that  congregation"  at 
Muddy  Creek,  whereby  he  was  causing  considerable  trouble 
to  the  pastor,  Rev.  John  Waldschmidt. 

On  October  11,  1753,  Mueller  applied  to  the  factional 
Coetus,  held  at  that  time  at  Cocalico,  to  be  received  as  a 
member.     But  his  request  was  not  granted. ^^- 

In  the  same  year  Mueller  appears  as  pastor  of  Coventry 
(now  Brownback's) ,  in  Chester  County.  On  February 
18,  1753,  he  baptized  there  the  first  child.  His  entries 
extend  there  till  November,  1761. 

In  1762  he  signed  an  account  at  the  Heidelberg  Church 
(now  Hains'  Church),  near  Wernersville,  Berks  County. 
In  the  same  year  he  appears  as  pastor  of  the  Reformed 
Church  at  Lebanon.  On  July  18,  1762,  he  dedicated  the 
newly-built  Reformed  Church  there,  as  is  stated  in  the 
Hebron  Diary.  He  opened  the  church  record  at  Lebanon 
on  November  24,  1764.^^^  His  entries,  eighteen  in  num- 
ber, extend  till  April  5,  1766.     On  September  28,  1764, 

"^^^  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  73. 

152  L.  c,  p.  108. 

133  For  the  ministry  of  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller  at  Lebanon,  see  the 
writer's  "  History  of  Tabor  Reformed  Church,  Lebanon,  Pa.,"  in  the  Re- 
formed Church  Messenger  of  August  4  and  September  8,  1904. 


156  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

the  Hebron  Diary  reports  the  death  of  Rev.  Mueller's 
wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Veronica  Leidolt.  The 
Moravian  pastors  at  Lebanon  speak  of  Mueller  in  a 
friendly  way^^^  and  exchanged  visits  with  him.  But 
while  Mueller's  handwriting  stops  in  the  Lebanon  record 
in  April,  1766,  it  is  continued  at  Swatara  till  July  3,  1768. 
He  probably  died  soon  afterwards. 

Frederick  Casimir  Mueller  has  had  the  distinction  of 
having  had  two  doubles. 

In  1855,  Rev.  Henry  Wagner  published  a  Kurzgefasste 
Hwidertjdhrige  Geschichte  der  Bergkirche  in  Lebanon 
County,  Pennsylvania,  in  which  he  refers,  p.  4,  to  a  Mr. 
Friederich,  a  Swiss  minister,  who  followed  Tempelman  in 
1760.  He  is  said  to  have  had  a  quick  temper  and  soon 
returned  to  Europe.  His  name  is  perpetuated  by  Dr. 
Harbaugh  in  his  Fathers  of  the  Reformed  Church,  Vol. 
II,  p.  384;  by  Dr.  Corwin,  Manual,  3rd  ed.,  p.  265; 
and  also  by  Dr.  Good,  History  of  German  Reformed 
Church,  p.  649.  Later,  when  the  Hebron  Diary  became 
known,  it  was  found  that,  beginning  with  1762,  it  men- 

154  What  appears  at  first  sight  as  a  very  serious  charge  against  Mueller 
is  made  in  Saur's  paper,  Pennsylvanische  Berichte,  under  date  June  i6, 
1749,  where  the  following  notice  is  inserted:  "Henry  Adam  of  Maxetani 
makes  known  that  his  wife  Maria  has  left  him  faithlessly  and  turned  to 
(hat  sich  gewendet  zu)  Friedrich  Casimir  Miiller.  None  may  loan  or 
give  her  anything  on  his  [Adam's]  account,  as  he  will  not  pay  it."  This 
statement  does  not  necessarily  prove  that  the  woman  had  eloped  with 
Mueller.  She  may  have  left  her  husband  and  entered  Mueller's  family  as 
a  servant.  The  New  Goshenhoppen  record  proves  that  Mueller  was  mar- 
ried in  1745.  The  Hebron  diary  at  Lebanon  shows  that  Mueller's  mother- 
in-law,  Veronica  Leidolt,  was  living  with  him  in  1765.  While  in  between 
these  years  he  was  constantly  serving  Reformed  congregations.  This 
would  no  doubt  have  been  impossible  if  he  had  been  guilty  of  adultery. 
The  well-known  facts  of  his  life  are  best  reconciled  with  the  notice  in 
Saur's  paper  by  the  supposition  that  Mrs.  Maria  Adam  had  become 
Mueller's  maid  servant  in  1749. 


Mueller's  Doubles 


^51 


tioned  Frederick  Miller  as  the  Reformed  pastor  at  Leba- 
non; see  Klopp,  History  of  Tabor  First  Reformed 
Church,  Lebanon,  1892,  p.  54.  Alongside  of  these  two 
men,  Frederick  Casimir  Mueller  was  known  as  the  Re- 
formed pastor  at  Long  Swamp,  see  Harbaugh,  Fathers, 
Vol.  II,  p.  380.  Thus  it  came  to  pass  that  Mr.  Frederick, 
Mr.  Frederick  Miller  and  Mr.  Frederick  Casimir  Miller 
figured  as  three  Reformed  pastors  in  history,  see  Good, 
History,  pp.  517,  649.  The  truth  is  that  all  three  are  but 
one  man.  The  Lebanon  Reformed  church  record  shows 
unmistakably  the  handwriting  of  Frederick  Casimir  Muel- 
ler. Moreover,  of  the  18  children  whose  baptisms  Muel- 
ler entered,  he  acted  as  sponsor  in  the  case  of  three,  sign- 
ing his  name  Friederich  C.  Miiller,  in  his  well-known 
wretched  script. 


CHAPTER   VI. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss, 
1746-1761. 


m 


,HEN  Michael  Schlatter  arrived  in  Penn- 
sylvania in  September,  1746,  he  found  a 
new  minister  in  the  Goshenhoppen  charge. 
It  was  the  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss. 
We  left  Weiss  in  1732  as  pastor  of  Cats- 
kill  and  Coxsackie,  N.  Y.  There  he  re- 
mained till  1735.  His  last  baptism  was  entered  July  6, 
1735-  From  Catskill  he  went  to  Burnetsfield  or  German 
Flats,  now  in  Montgomery  County,  N.  Y.  There  he  was 
pastor  from  1736  to  1742.  In  the  latter  year  he  removed 
to  Rhinebeck,  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  served  as 
pastor  from  1742  to  1746.  He  then  returned  to  Penn- 
sylvania. 

While  pastor  at  Catskill,  Mr.  Weiss  was  married  by 
the  Rev.  Petrus  Van  Driessen  on  November  25,  1733,  to 
Anna  Broenckh,  daughter  of  John  Broenckh,  one  of  his 
parishioners,  in  her  father's  house.  Weiss  himself  en- 
tered the  record  of  the  marriage  into  the  marriage  register 
at  Catskill.     The  couple  had  no  children. 

The  time  of  Mr.  Weiss's  removal  from  the  State  of 

158 


George  Michael  Weiss  159 

New  York  is  fixed  as  about  June,  1746,  in  a  letter  of 
Schlatter  to  the  Synodical  Deputies,  dated  October  3, 
1746.  The  letter  itself  is  no  longer  in  existence,  but  an 
elaborate  abstract  of  it  was  inserted  in  the  Minutes  of  the 
Synodical  Deputies,  from  which  we  take  the  following 
statement,  regarding  Schlatter's  visit  to  Old  Goshenhop- 
pen  on  September  20,  1746.     He  writes: 

On  September  20th  he  [Schlatter]  preached  in  the  nearly  com- 
pleted stone  church  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  from  II.  Chron.  15: 
I,  2.  To  this  place  Do.  Weiss  was  called  from  Albany  and  has 
now  [September  1746]  been  pastor  there  for  three  or  four  months. 
Here  he  [Schlatter]  attempted  to  restore  order,  but  he  could  not 
persuade  the  congregation  at  New  Goshenhoppen  to  unite  with 
Great  Swamp  for  this  purpose,  because  they  allowed  themselves 
to  be  served  by  a  hireling,  Miller  (who  had  been  a  schoolmaster  at 
Steticheim^^^  near  Mayence  in  the  Palatinate),  although  there  was 
hope  for  this  [union]  in  the  future. 

The  same  time  of  removal  is  indicated  in  the  first  part 
of  Schlatter's  private  journal,  dated  December  15,  1746, 
and  published  by  the  writer  in  the  Journal  of  the  Presby- 
terian Historical  Society }^^     There  we  read: 

Do.  Weiss  returned  about  six  months  ago  from  Esopus  in  the 
government  of  [New]  York,  for  fear  of  the  war  about  Canada 
and  at  the  request  of  the  congregation  at  Goshenhoppen.  He  is 
now  willing  to  remain  with  his  wife  in  Pennsylvania. 

To  complete  the  evidence  about  Weiss's  coming  to 
Pennsylvania,  we  may  add  the  passage  from  Schlatter's 
Diary,  as  printed  by  Dr.  Harbaugh  in  his  "  Life  of  Rev. 
Michael  Schlatter  "  :i" 

i^-*  This  name  has  not  been  transcribed  correctly  from  the  Minutes  of 
the  Deputies  or  from  Schlatter's  letter,  for  an  inquiry  at  Mayence  brought 
the  answer  that  there  is  no  such  place  near  Mayence. 

156  Journal  of  P.  H.  S.,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  io8. 

157  Life  of  Rev.  Schlatter,  p.  132  f. 


i6o  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Mr.  Weiss,  who  several  months  ago,  had  fled  from  his  church 
at  Rhinebeck  near  Albany  in  New  York,  from  fear  of  war,  had 
come  hither  on  invitation  of  this  and  other  congregations  in  this 
vicinity.  He  is  also  beloved  by  many,  yet,  on  account  of  the  ad- 
herents of  the  one  who  had  irregularly  thrust  himself  into  the 
service  of  the  church,  it  is  necessary  still  to  exercise  great  prudence. 

On  October  12,  1746,  Weiss  met  with  Schlatter,  Boehm 
and  Rieger  at  Philadelphia  for  a  preliminary  conference 
with  a  view  to  perfecting  an  organization  of  the  Reformed 
churches  and  ministers  in  Pennsylvania.  "This  was  the 
first  assembly  in  which  these  Reverend  Brethren  had  all 
been  together,  notwithstanding  one  and  another  of  them 
had  already  been  laboring  about  20  years  in  this  part  of 
the  Lord's  vineyard. "^^^ 

On  October  19,  1746,  Schlatter,  Boehm  and  Weiss  met 
at  New  Goshenhoppen  in  order  to  overcome,  if  possible, 
the  division  existing  there  through  the  presence  of  Fred- 
erick Casimir  Mueller.  But  although  Schlatter  succeeded 
in  ascertaining  the  number  of  Mueller's  and  Weiss's  ad- 
herents, being  eighteen  and  thirty  heads  of  families  re- 
spectively, and  although  the  latter  promised  fifteen  pounds 
and  thirty  bushels  of  wheat  to  Do.  Weiss's  salary,  yet 
Mueller  could  not  be  dislodged.  It  was  probably  not  till 
1748,  when  the  baptismal  record  of  Weiss  begins  at  New 
Goshenhoppen,  that  Mueller  withdrew,  although  he  con- 
tinued to  make  occasional  visits  till  April,  1750. 

Schlatter's  estimate  of  Weiss  was  quite  favorable  in 
1746,  for  in  the  first  part  of  his  private  diary,  dated  De- 
cember, 1746,  he  reported  to  Holland  :^°^ 

Do.  George  Michael  Weiss  is  now  minister  at  the  above  men- 
tioned places.     He  is,  as  far  as  I  can  see,  innocent  in  the  affair 

15^  L.  c,  p.  136. 

^'^^  Journal  of  P.  //.  S.,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  117. 


fVeiss  at  Coetus  of  ly^j.y  i6i 

with  J.  Reif,  for  the  latter  always  received  the  money,  according 
to  his  own  confession.  Moreover  Do.  Weiss  has  asked  him  a  thou- 
sand times  for  God's  sake  to  settle  this  matter.  His  Reverence  has 
otherwise  a  good  reputation  in  this  country  and  Do.  Boehm  himself 
told  me,  that  Do.  Weiss  has  always  carried  himself  as  a  quiet,  dili- 
gent, sober  and  orthodox  minister.  He  also  took  the  trouble  to 
travel  with  me  to  "  Tolpehaken  "  and  "  Canastoke." 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Coetus  of  Pennsylvania,  held 
from  September  29  to  October  2,  1747,  at  Philadelphia, 
George  Michael  Weiss  was  present  with  delegates  of  his 
three  congregations,  namely.  Christian  Schneider  and 
Daniel  Hister,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  John  Huth  and 
Philip  Ried,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  John  Huber  and 
Nicholas  Montbauer  of  Great  Swamp. 

From  the  second  meeting  of  Coetus,  held  on  September 
295  1748,  at  Philadelphia,  Weiss  was  absent.  But  shortly 
afterwards,  on  December  12,  1748,  he  sent  a  letter  to 
Schlatter,  excusing  his  absence  because  of  sickness.  In 
this  letter  he  makes  the  following  report  regarding  his 
congregations  •}^^ 

In  my  congregations  nothing  of  importance  has  taken  place. 
They  are  quite  harmonious.  They  only  lack  money  in  order  to 
pay  for  the  newly  built  church  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  and  to  give 
their  minister  his  salary  according  to  promise.  For  I  have  not 
yet  been  fully  paid  for  the  first  year  and  now  am  still  expecting 
the  salary  of  almost  a  year  and  a  half.  The  conditions  with  regard 
to  this  are  very  bad.     The  one  pays,  the  other  does  not.     Many 

ICO  Hague  Archives,  74,  I,  51   (19). 


i62  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

depend  upon  the  promised  help  from  Holland.  I  stand  on  a  very 
loose  footing.  If  my  congregations  will  not  be  able  to  give  me 
my  dues,  I  shall  not  be  able  to  stay,  but  must  seek  my  fortune 
elsewhere. 

With  regard  to  the  debt  resting  on  the  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen church,  Schlatter  states  in  his  private  diary  that  it 
amounted  to  about  600  guilders  or  about  240  dollars. ^^^ 

The  Old  Goshenhoppen  Lutheran  record  states  with 
regard  to  this  subject: 

As  to  the  cost  of  the  church  nothing  certain  is  at  hand,  because 
in  the  first  place  the  two  congregations  have  helped  and  given 
much,  and  the  next  place  other  friends  also  have  contributed  their 
share. 

And  again : 

As  to  the  interior  finishing  of  the  church,  on  July  12,  1748,  a 
joint  contract  was  made  by  the  two  congregations  with  the  car- 
penter to  make  and  paint  the  seats  and  gallery  for  15  pounds. 

The  pulpit  was  ordered  and  presented  by  Gabriel  Schuler,  Re- 
formed. 

The  story  as  to  how  the  church  debt  was  finally  paid  is 
given  in  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  Lutheran  record  as  fol- 
lows: 

In  the  year  1751  there  remained  30  pounds  of  church  debts  and, 
after  consultation,  we  deemed  it  proper  to  send  out  collectors  by 
the  Evangelical  Lutherans  alone,  because  each  congregation  had  its 
separate  debts.  Hence  on  November  7,  1751,  the  beginning  was 
made  by  two  collectors  appointed  for  the  purpose,  who  brought 
home  on  the  14th  of  December  of  this  year  13  pounds  and  14 
shillings,  not  counting  1/3  of  the  proceeds  which  went  to  the  col- 
lectors. For  this  may  the  rich  Lord  bless  all  benevolent  givers  in 
body  and  soul. 

Anno  1752,  two  joint  collectors  were  sent  out,  one  by  the  Lu- 

161  Journal  of  P.  //.  S.,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  170. 


Goshenhoppen  in   i^S^  ^^3 

therans,  the  other  by  the  Reformed,  in  order  to  collect  contribu- 
tions in  the  State  of  New  York.  They  returned  in  this  year,  as 
our  exclusive  third  part,  ii  pounds,  3  shillings  and  9  pence. 

At  the  Coetus  meeting  held  in  1749  at  Lancaster,  Weiss 
acted  as  secretary. 

In  the  year  1750  two  important  events  occurred  which 
stirred  the  congregations  deeply. 

On  May  i,  1750,  the  following  notice  appeared  in 
Saur's  Germantown  newspaper,  called  Pennsylvanische 
Berichte: 

It  is  reported  from  Goshenhoppen  that  there  is  a  woman  who  has 
left  two  husbands  that  are  still  living  and  wanted  to  marry  the 
third  man.  There  are  in  that  district  three  preachers,  the  one 
was  so  white  [play  on  the  name  Weiss]  that  he  would  not  marry 
the  pair,  but  the  other  [play  on  the  name  Andre]  who  had  before 
married  the  good  woman  to  another  man  hesitated  indeed,  because 
the  second  husband  lived  so  near,  but  the  bridegroom,  knowing 
that  everything  can  be  obtained  from  some  people  for  money, 
heaven  and  salvation,  Christ  and  forgiveness  of  sin,  offered  no 
small  remuneration  for  the  marriage.  The  reverend  minister  was 
pleased  to  accept  and  married  them  in  the  name  of  God,  without 
proclamation  (otherwise  there  might  have  been  some  objection) 
for  30  shillings.  The  farmers  in  his  three  congregations  were 
startled,  not  knowing  whether  all  their  wives  might  not  be  married 
away  to  others.  They  formed  a  church  council  and  consistory, 
deposed  their  minister,  for  they  preferred  to  be  out  of  danger. 

In  June,  1750,  the  Goshenhoppen  region  was  startled 
by  a  murder.  The  wife  of  one  of  its  most  respected  citi- 
zens, David  Schultz^®^  (whose  tomb  is  in  the  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen Reformed  churchyard)  was  brutally  slain  by 
one  of  her  servants. 

162  For  a  sketch  of  David  Schultz's  life,  see  the  Pennsylvania  German, 
Vol.  IX,  pp.  499-505- 


164  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

George  Schultz,  his  wife  and  their  son  David  arrived 
in  Philadelphia  with  the  ship  Pennsylvania  Merchant, 
John  Stedman,  captain,  on  September  18,  1733.  They 
settled  in  the  Perkiomen  Region.  On  October  29,  1745, 
David  Schultz  married  Anna  Rosina,  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham Beyer.  In  May,  1749,  he  bought  180  acres  and  60 
perches  of  land  for  72  pounds  3  shillings,  lying  in  Upper 
Hanover  township,  what  is  now  East  Greenville,  Pa. 

As  he  was  a  surveyor,  David  Schultz  was  much  away 
from  home.  During  his  absence  the  management  of  the 
farm  naturally  fell  to  his  wife.  In  June,  1750,  he  had  a 
servant,  Hans  Ulrich  Sailer,  whom  his  father-in-law, 
Abraham  Beyer,  had  brought  with  him  from  Holland 
during  the  previous  summer,  on  condition  that  he  serve  him 
seven  years  for  the  passage  money.  He  was  a  Swiss  boy, 
of  a  lazy  and  surly  disposition.  David  Schultz  thought 
that  he  could  manage  him  with  kindness,  hence  he  took  him 
and  his  indenture  along  to  his  farm.  His  wife  found  fre- 
quent occasion  to  urge  him  to  do  his  work  better.  After- 
wards the  young  man  claimed  she  even  slapped  his  face, 
which  may  not  be  true.  At  any  rate  he  took  a  decided  dis- 
like to  his  mistress  and  determined  to  get  even  with  her. 

In  the  night  of  June  14,  1750,  he  climbed  through  a 
window  into  her  bedroom  with  a  long,  pointed  knife.  But 
as  she  turned  around  in  bed,  he  left  the  room  again. 
After  some  time  he  entered  the  second  time  but  she  turned 
again.  On  his  third  entry  he  found  everything  quiet. 
Then  he  stabbed  her  in  the  neck,  cutting  the  jugular  vein. 
After  thus  satisfying  his  revenge,  he  ran  out  and  hid  in  a 
neighbor's  haystack.  Mrs.  Schultz  rose  from  her  bed  and 
went  downstairs  to  call  for  help,  but  fell  at  the  foot  of  the 
stairs  upon  her  face,  where  she  was  found  dead  the  next 
day.     The  murderer  was  soon  caught  and  confessed  every- 


Anna  Rosina  Schultz  165 

thing.  He  was  taken  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  was 
placed  on  trial  and  found  guilty  of  murder  on  October  22. 
He  was  executed  by  hanging  on  Wednesday,  November 
13,  I750.i«3 

Close  to  the  New  Goshenhoppen  church  is  the  tomb  of 
Mrs.  Schultz,  with  this  inscription: 

Anna  Rosina  Schultzin 

Murdered  June  14,  A.D.  1750. 
Aged  29  years.     Funeral  Text: 
Jeremiah  9:  21. 

In  1750  and  175 1  the  people  at  New  Goshenhoppen 
made  the  first  effort  to  secure  a  deed  for  their  minister's 
farm.  The  details  have  fortunately  been  preserved  by 
David  Schultz,  who  interested  himself  more  than  any  other 
in  securing  the  property  for  the  congregation.  On  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1776,  he  sent  a  letter  to  Mr.  Rundle^^"*  regarding 
this  land,  from  which  the  following  statements  are  taken : 

After  all  the  land  had  been  surveyed  to  the  settlers  thereof, 
agreeable  the  general  agreement  this  tract  was  left  vacant. 

Sometime  before  the  general  agreement  was  made,  Edward  Scull 
was  ordered  to  survey  the  greatest  part  of  his  13,000  acres,  but 
after  the  general  agreement  was  made  and  the  remaining  surveys 
were  to  be  completed,  he  not  having  time  to  do  it  himself,  ordered 
me  to  finish  the  remainder,  under  his  examination ;  which  was  done 
and  [I  was]  employed  with  the  Mr.  Parsons,  Ross  and  Green  way. 
I  accordingly  surveyed  the  tract  now  in  question  on  the  19th  No- 

163  The  story  of  Mrs.  Schultz's  murder  and  of  the  trial  and  execution 
of  her  murderer  is  given  at  length  in  Saur's  Pennsylvanische  Berichte  of 
July  16,  1750,  November  i  and  i6,  1750;  cf.  also  Colonial  Records,  Vol. 
V,  p.  488.  The  New  Goshenhoppen  record  shows  that  David  Schultz  mar- 
ried his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Lar,  on  June  27,  1758.  This  union  was 
blessed  with  four  daughters. 

^"^  This  letter  was  first  printed  in  the  Daily  Norristoivn  Register  of 
March  6,  1883.     It  was  reprinted  in  the  Pertn  Germania,  Vol.  I,  pp.  364-368. 


1 66  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

vember  1750,  for  the  said  congregation,  in  the  presence  of  the 
elders  or  church  wardens  thereof,  containing  42  acres,  with  allow- 
ance (of  six  acres  per  hundred  for  roads)  at  their  request,  with 
an  intention  to  build  a  house  thereon  for  their  minister  to  live  in, 
and  continually  to  keep  this  same  for  such  use  forever. 

Also  with  intention,  when  it  should  suit  them,  to  agree  and  pay 
for  the  land,  with  the  above  named  three  gentlemen. 

They  immediately  built  a  dwelling  house  and  stable  on  it,  dug 
a  well  and  began  to  clear  some  land  in  the  spring  1751.  Their 
minister  came  to  live  there  with  his  negro  family;  at  his  request 
the  congregation  allowed  him  for  his  better  support  to  clear  some 
more  land.  He  continued  from  time  to  time  with  cleaning,  though 
sometimes  forbid  by  the  congregation,  till  almost  all  was  cleared 
a  few  acres  excepted. 

In  August,  1752,  Mr.  Weiss  and  other  Reformed  min- 
isters hastened  to  Philadelphia  to  welcome  Schlatter  and 
the  six  young  ministers,  whom  he  had  brought  from  Hol- 
land. Their  arrival  was  an  event  of  great  importance^^^ 
for  the  Reformed  church  In  Pennsylvania  and  was  fittingly 
marked  by  a  meeting  of  all  the  Reformed  ministers  in  the 
province  at  Philadelphia,  from  August  10  to  13,  1752. 

On  September  2,  1752,  Rev.  John  Philip  Leydlch,  pas- 
tor at  Falkner  Swamp,  sent  a  letter  to  Rev.  Jacob  LIschy, 

1*^^  The  importance  of  this  event  was  duly  recognized  by  a  Circular 
Letter,  issued  in  1752  by  Messrs.  Weiss,  Leydich  and  Lischy.  It  was  enti- 
tled: Circular  Schreiben  der  Vereinigten  Reformirten  Prediger  in  Pennsyl- 
vanien,  an  dasige  sdmmtliche  nach  Gottes  JVort  Reformirte  Gemeinen: 
Darin  sie  kurzlich  darlegen,  'wie  der  grosse  Jehovah  die  von  Sr.  Ehrif;. 
Michael  Slatter,  V.D.M.,  an  unsere  Hochixi.  Christl.  Kirchenvdter  iiber- 
nommene  Commission  zu  ihrer  Rettung  und  Hiilfe,  in  Gnaden  gesegnet 
etc.  Zu  Allgemeiner  Nachricht  herausgegeben  von  Georg  Michael  JVeiss, 
Joh.  Phil.  Leydich,  Jacob  Lischy.  Lancaster,  Gedruckt  Bey  H.  Miiller  und 
S.  Holland,  1752,  4to,  pp.  11.  The  title  page  was  published  from  a  photo- 
graph taken  by  the  writer,  by  Prof.  Jos.  H.  Dubbs,  in  his  Reformed  Church 
in  Pennsylvania,  p.  165.  The  only  known  copy  of  the  booklet  is  in  the 
archives  at  the  Hague,  74,  H,  21. 


l\ 


Circular  Schreiben  16^ 

pastor  at  York,  in  which  he  refers  to  the  third  school- 

He'wr'itl?"  ""'"'  "''°"  "^"^  ^''  ''^^"  P^"^-^d. 

Let  me  add  a  few  words,  regarding  the  bearer  of  this  letter. 

icforinirfen  IrcMgcr 

an  tafi^e  famrlicf)c  nad)(BCtrfs28oit 

efpvmirfe  ^cineiiicii; 

2)iJnn  fic  fiirj(:d)  DorlCijcii, 

SBic  ^er  ©rolfe  3  e  i?  b  33  si  Mc  t?on  ©r  (^fniv 
MICHAEL  SLATTER,  /:/).. v. 

(in  unicrc 

ubernDmnieneffommiiTioii  311  iI)iti'tHctfim.]  iiiit  j^uifV, 
mOinahiigcfcgnct:  '' 

fagungangcnommcrt,  un^  rccht  gd'wLVr     ,?,„,,  "f^T.>^'"^' 
«.,«>  <)cm  ^.1  itrcr,unacvb(,d;cn eccln, .,?g'nMnOc\v:;i.^^  •-"'' 

Slllgemeiiiei'  ^ai)t\d)i 

(itimugtgttfn  i,p;| 

JOH     PHIL    l.riYIJiCH^^^- 
^^^^_____MC  O  r.    LiSCllY. 

namely  John  William  Wigand,  at  present  schoolmaster  at  New 

t.on  wm  show  you  in  detail.     He  cannot  subsist  in  said  congre- 
'•^^  Hague  Archives,  74,  I,  72  (3). 


i68  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

gation  because  of  the  division  caused  by  the  so-called  Fritz-Mueller 
and  Weiss  parties.  He  has  a  special  desire  to  work  under  the  dear 
Brother  [Lischy]  and  according  to  his  instructions. 

In  the  following  year  the  schoolmaster  at  Goshenhoppen 
received  £5  s.8  support  from  the  donations  sent  from 
Holland.^'5' 

In  1752  five  hundred  folio  Bibles,  sent  by  the  Classis  of 
Amsterdam,  were  distributed  among  the  Reformed  minis- 
ters at  the  meeting  of  Coetus.  It  was  resolved  to  place 
one  copy  of  these  Bibles  in  each  pulpit  and  to  distribute  the 
rest  among  the  various  ministers. 

It  was  resolved  to  send  Do.  Weiss  24  copies  of  the  folio  Bibles, 
one  half  to  be  sold  and  one  half  to  be  given  to  the  poor,  and  with 
the  same  understanding  the  others  were  assigned.^'* 

These  so-called  "  Schlatter  Bibles "  are  becoming  ex- 
ceedingly scarce.  None  seem  to  have  survived  in  the 
Goshenhoppen  congregations.  For  their  identification  the 
following  may  be  noted.  As  stated  in  the  minutes  of 
Coetus,  it  was  a  large  folio  Bible,  printed  at  Basel,  "  im 
Verlag  Johann  Ludwig  Brandmiillers,  im  Jahrc  Christi 
MDCCXLVII. 

When  in  1753  serious  dissensions  arose  in  the  Coetus, 
Weiss  sided  with  Leydich,  Steiner,  Rubel,  Waldschmidt 
and  Wissler  against  Schlatter  and  his  friends.  This  sepa- 
ration was  due  among  other  causes  to  the  desire,  as  ex- 
pressed by  Weiss,  to  "  maintain  love  and  peace  among 
their  congregations,  inasmuch  as  they  were  not  in  favor 
of  subordination  to  Holland  and  to  our  Coetal  institu- 
tions and  directions. "^^^ 

On  September  10,  1753,  a  convention  was  held  by  the 

'*^  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  89. 
168  L.  c,  p.  69. 
1C9L.  c,  p.  92. 


Holland  Donations  169 

dissatisfied  ministers  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Weiss  at  Gosh- 
enhoppen  and  then  an  attempt  was  made  by  them  to  con- 
vene a  regular  Coetus  at  Cocalico,  in  Lancaster  County, 
on  October  10  to  12,  1753.  At  this  meeting  Mr.  Weiss 
presided.  But  this  attempt  to  wrest  the  control  of  Coetus 
from  Schlatter  and  his  friends  failed,  as  the  "  Fathers"  in 
Holland  refused  to  recognize  Weiss  and  his  followers  and 
threatened  to  withhold  all  donations  from  them.  This 
threat  was  more  powerful  than  all  arguments  and  had  the 
desired  effect.  At  the  Coetus,  held  at  Philadelphia  in 
October,  1754,  a  reconciliation  took  place  and  the  two  par- 
ties pledged  themselves  to  forget  their  differences. 

Beginning  with  the  spring  of  1753,  the  ample  donations 
from  Holland  put  ministers  and  schoolmasters  in  more 
comfortable  circumstances.  The  following  table  shows 
the  total  amounts  distributed  and  the  share  that  fell  to 
Mr.  Weiss  and  the  Goshenhoppen  schoolmaster: 

Year.  Total  Amounts. 

1753  £363  S.  8 

1754  .£289  S.  7 

1755  £418  S.I5     d.6 

1756  ^£366  S.12 

1757  -£357  s.  2     d.io 

1758  ^£385  S14 

1759  ^339  s.  9 
1760-61  ^337  S.17     d.io 
1762  £321  s.  s 

The  last  amount  in  1762  was  given  to  Mr.  Weiss's 
widow.  His  salary  during  this  period  amounted  to  40 
pounds  annually. 

Besides  these  contributions  from  Holland,  Reformed 
ministers  and  schoolmasters  shared  in  the  benefactions  of 
an  English  society,  organized  to  maintain  charity  schools 
among  the  Germans  in  Pennsylvania.     The  first  payment 


Weiss'* 

Share. 

Schoolmaster's 

£20 

£5     s.  8 

£20 



£35 

S.15 



£27 

S.IO 



£27 

S.IO 

£1       S.IO 

£30 

£1       S.IO 

£30 

£1       S.IO 

£30 

£2 

£10 



170  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

from  this  source  was  made  on  June  16,  1756,  when  ten 
Reformed  ministers  received  91  pounds.^"^  Similar  pay- 
ments followed  in  the  next  three  years.  At  each  of  these 
occasions  Weiss  received  ten  pounds,  although  no  charity 
school  was  established  in  the  Goshenhoppen  region. 

The  development  of  the  Goshenhoppen  congregations 
during  this  time  cannot  be  followed  in  detail.  Only  at 
Old  Goshenhoppen  has  the  Lutheran  church  record  pre- 
served some  interesting  details  of  congregational  activity. 

During  the  year  1753,  beginning  May  3,  the  churchyard 
was  enlarged  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  and  it  was  surrounded 
by  new  posts,  clap  boards  and  new  gates  were  put  up. 

In  1754  a  new  stove  was  bought  for  4  pounds.  In 
1755  all  church  debts  were  completely  paid  by  the  Lu- 
therans and  let  us  hope  by  the  Reformed  people  also.  In 
the  same  year  a  new  well  and  spring  house  were  made. 

In  I757> 

the  church  was  improved  both  inside  and  outside  with  carpenter 
work.  Five  new  windows  with  glass  were  inserted,  new  seats 
were  put  in  and  painted  and  a  new  roof  was  put  on  the  kitchen  of 
the  schoolhouse.  All  was  paid  and  the  [Lutheran]  congregation 
has  still  a  balance  of  6£  i8s.  Qd. 

In  1757  a  long  and  lingering  sickness  befell  Mr.  Weiss, 
which  made  It  Impossible  for  him  to  attend  the  meetings 
of  Coetus  any  longer.  In  October,  1759,  Coetus  met  at 
Goshenhoppen  "  in  the  home  of  the  sick  Do.  Weiss." 

Of  the  year  1759  we  have  the  first  statistical  report  by 
Mr.  Weiss  regarding  his  congregations.  It  was  sub- 
mitted to  the  Coetus  that  met  May  28,  1760,  at  Falkner 
Swamp,  and  was  as  follows  :^'^^ 

I'^L.  c,  p.  144;  also  p.  198. 

1''^  As  the   references  to  the  Minutes   of  Coetus  can   be   located   in   the 
printed  minutes  without  difficulty,  it  is  not  necessary  to  give  in  every  case 


Death  of  Weiss  171 

At  Old  Goshenhoppen  Do.  Weiss  has  30  families,  at  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen  45,  and  at  Great  Swamp,  33.  In  1759  he  baptized  in 
the  three  congregations  60  children,  and  instructed  t,3  persons  in 
the  confession  of  Faith  and  received  them  as  members.  About  the 
schools  he  could  give  no  report. 

At  the  meeting  of  Coetus  on  October  21  to  22,  1760, 
held  at  Germantown,  the  congregations  of  Weiss  expressed 
their  willingness  "  patiently  to  bear  with  his  age  and  in- 
firmity." 

In  1 76 1  Weiss  reported  120  families  in  his  churches. 
"He  baptized,  during  1760  and  up  to  the  present  time, 
45  children  and  received  36  members." 

This  is  the  last  reference  to  Weiss.  He  died  in  Au- 
gust, 1 76 1.  David  Schultz,  Esq.,  in  a  letter  to  Daniel 
Rundle,  dated  February  3,  1776,  writes:  "Anno  1761  in 
August,  their  said  minister,  Geo.  Michael  Weiss  died." 

Shortly  before  Mr.  Weiss  died,  in  May,  i76i,the  Great 
Swamp  congregation  made  an  effort  to  pay  for  its  church 
land.  Accordingly  a  paper  was  circulated  (now  much 
worn  and  partly  torn)  on  which  the  members  subscribed 
certain  sums  to  pay  this  debt.  A  similar  effort  seems  to 
have  been  made  in  Decmber,  1748,  but  was  probably  only 
partially  successful.  At  that  time  the  following  members 
made  subscriptions  for  this  purpose : 

Subscriptions  for  Church  Land  at  Great  Swamp. 

Anno  1748  (?),  December  26th,  an  agreement  was  made  by 
the  members  of  our  congregation  that  we  are  willing  to  pay  for  our 
church  land.     Each  one  gives  at  his  own  free  will  as  follows: 

£  s. 

Michel   Kohler    —  xo 

the  exact  page  reference.  The  minutes  of  Coetus  were  edited  by  the  writer 
in  1903  under  the  title:  Minutes  and  Letters  of  the  Coetus  of  the  German 
Reformed  Congregation  in  Pennsylvania,  1747-1792.  Reformed  Church 
Publication  Board,  Philadelphia,  1903. 


172  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

£,  s 

Johannes  Bleyler    

Johannes  Huber   

Jacob   Wetzel    

Jacob  Dubs    

Christian   Willauer   

Paul   Samsel    

Caspar  Erb   

Johannes   Griesemer    

Michel  Nussbach   ...  ^ 

,  —  lO 

Alexander   Diebenderfer    _ 

Peter  Walbert  ! ' ! !  ^  ' ' ' ' "  _  ^^ 

Ludwig   Bitting    

Abraham  Ditlo 

Henrich   Hitz    

Nickel   Mombauer    . 

—  lO 

Henrich    Huber    

Abraham   Faust    

Henrich  Bach   

Michel  Braun   ^ 

Peter  Scholl _  ^ 

Nickel  Bach _  ^ 

Philip   Heger    ..............._  \ 

Ruthe   Fricki    

Dewalt  Brauchler    

Jacob  Rite   

Michel  Eberhard    _  ^ 

Matheis  Bischof   

Abraham  Kreither  

Ruthe  Huber _  ^ 

Philip  Brunner   

Joseph   Eberhard    ^  ^ 

David  Streib   

Ulrich  Riser    _  ~ 

Gorg  Lein    

Michel  Hornberger   

Conrad  Zimmerman    

?     Endross  

?     ?    ~  5 

—  lO 

'T'''^'    ^17  s.,3 

As  the  cost  of  the  land  was  only  £17  i  is.  yd.,  it  would 
not  have  been  necessary  to  start  a  second  subscription  list, 


Subscriptions  to  Church  Land  173 

unless  for  some  reason  the  first  had  not  been  paid,  or  at 
least  had  not  been  paid  in  full.  The  latter  seems  to  have 
been  the  case.  For  on  the  same  paper  with  the  above  sub- 
scription is  the  note : 

Today,  April  10,  1749,  I,  Michel  Kohler  have  paid  for  the 
church  land  eleven  pounds  ten  shillings  and  for  a  warrant  one  shil- 
ling and  six  pence. 

JOHANN  GeORG  BlATT. 

On  May  30,  1761,  twenty  members  signed  £20  2s.  9d. 
on  another  subscription  list.  This  may  have  been  only 
tentative,  for  on  June  8,  1761,  still  another  list  was  signed 
which  read  as  follows: 

Subscriptions  for  Church  Land  at  Great  Swamp,  June 

6,  1761. 

On  June  6,  1761,  we  have  made  an  agreement  to  pay  for  the 

church  land  and  whatever  we  promise  we  shall  faithfully  keep  and 

pay.  Christian  Willauer  and  Valentin  Huber  are  the  deputies. 
The  head  of  each  family  signs  what  he  will  give  to  the  Reformed 
congregation  in  Great  Swamp: 

£  s.  d. 

Ulrich  Spinner  pays   2  o          o 

Peder(?)   Bleiler  pays    i  o          o 

Hcnrich  Huber,  the  tailor  paj's   o  15           6 

Henrich  Huber,  the  wheelwright  pays   .  . .  .      i  o          o 

Dewalt  Brauchler,  pays   o  10          o 

Peter  Sainsel  pays i  o          o 

Paul  Samsel  pays o  5           o 

Nicklaus  Mumbauer  pays   o  10  o 

Henrich  Hitz  pays  o  7           6 

Henrich  Crob  pays   o  10  o 

Rudi  Huber  pays   o  10  o 

Abraham  Ditio  pays   o  15  o 

Henrich  Bleiler  pays  i  o  o 

Rudi  Frick  pays  —  10  o 


174  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Jacob  Huber,  the  [.  .  .]  pays  —  lo 

Total £ii  2 


Nicklaus  Faust   —  3        — 

Jacob   Meier    —  5         — 

Adam  Willauer  —  7  6 

Lutwich  Hersch  pays  3  sh.  for  the  farmer. 

Paul  Samsel  pays  one  sh.  for  the  churchyard. 

Nicklaus  Mumbaucr  pays  one  sh.  for  the  churchyard. 

Peter  Weber  pays  5  sh.  for  the  churchyard. 

Disposal  of  Rev.  Mr.  Weiss's  Property. 

When  Mr.  G.  M.  Weiss  died  in  August,  1761,  he  left  no  will. 
For  some  unknown  reason  his  widow,  Anna  Weiss,  delayed  asking 
for  letters  of  administration  till  October  2,  1764,  when  they  were 
granted  to  her  and  to  Christian  Schneider,  as  executors,  inventory 
to  be  exhibited  in  the  Court  at  Philadelphia  on  or  before  October  2, 
1765.  Before  the  inventory  was  filed,  Mrs.  Anna  Weiss  herself 
made  a  will  on  May  9,  1765.  She  died  within  a  month  after- 
wards, on  June  2,  1765.  On  August  20,  1765,  her  will  was  pro- 
bated. By  the  terms  of  her  will  she  not  only  freed,  under  certain 
conditions,  her  negro  family,  consisting  of  a  man  and  his  wife, 
together  with  nine  children,  but  also  bequeathed  to  them  all  the 
improvements  of  the  farm,  belonging  to  the  congregation,  on  which 
she  lived.  By  this  act  she  involved  the  congregation  in  a  long  and 
tedious  law-suit,  and  thus  the  history  of  the  disposal  of  Mr.  Weiss's 
property  becomes  part  of  the  history  of  the  congregation.  In  order 
to  clear  up  this  whole  case,  which  has  often  been  alluded  to  by  his- 
torians, but  was  never  fully  understood,  we  present  the  following 
documents: 

[I.   Letters  of  Administration  Granted  to  Mrs.  Weiss.] 
Book  of  Administration,  Register  of  Wills  Office,  Philadelphia, 

Vol.  G.  p.  417. 

Memorandum,  that  Letters  of  Administration  were  granted  to 

Anna  Weiss  and   Christian   Schneider  in  the  Estate  of  the  late 

Michael  Weiss,  dec.     Inventory  to  be  exhibited  on  or  before  the 


Inventory  of  Weiss  Estate 


^75 


2nd  day  of  October  1765.     Given  under  the  seal  of  the  Register 
General's  Office,  at  Philadelphia,  the  2nd  day  of  October  1764. 

William  Plumsted, 

Reg.  Gen'. 


[II.    Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  George  Michael  Weiss. 
October  2,  1764.] 

Office  of  Register  of  Wills,  Philadelphia, 
1764,  No.  114. 
Inventory  of  the  Estate  chattels,  moveables  and  Household  goods 
of  Michael  Weiss  late  of  Upper  Hanover  Township  in  the  County 
of  Philadelphia  and  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  Minister  of  the 
reformed  congregation,  deceased,  as  the  same  being  valued  and 
appraised  by  Adam  Hillegas  and  John  Coleman  on  this  nth  day 
of  September  Anno  1764. 


Six  books  mostly  Latin,  in  quarto   i. 

To  one  Book  in  folio,  five  dito  in  octavo,  Latin o. 

to  six  books  octavo  Latin,  Greek  &  Hebrew  o. 

to  fifteen  small  books,  mostly  Latin   o. 

to  the  Table    i. 

to  the  round  Table    ^ , o. 

to   two  old   chairs    o. 

to  another  round  table   o. 

to  an  old  looking  glass  and  a  pair  of  Pictures o. 

to  a  pair  of  fire  dogs   o. 

to  five  pewter  Dishes,  two  Basons   i. 

to  one  dozen  plates  and  one  dozen  spoons   o. 

to  two  pewter  Tea  Pots  &  a  coffee  pot  o. 

to  six  delft  tea  cups  &  saucers   o. 

to  two  Cannisters  &  a  funnel   o. 

to  Tea  Kettles  o. 

to  a  water  pot  o. 

to  two  Iron  Pots  with  Pot-hooks.     Two  Pans   o. 

to  three  Tubs  two  buckets   o. 

to  his  Bed  with  the  Bedstead  and  appurtenances   2. 

to  another  Bed  with  Bedstead    2. 

to  three  Cows,  two  Calves   9. 

to  a  side  sadle    i. 


176  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 


to  an  old  Horse 3 

to  one  gray  Horse 4 

to  an  old  waggon  with  the  Geers  11 

to  the  Plough  and  Harrow i 

The  amount  of  the  first  page  brought  over  43 

to  an  ax,  cropping  Howe  dung  fork,  pitch  fork   o 

amount  to    £43 

appraised  by 

Adam  Hilligas 
Johannes  Gallman 

There  is  fifteen  acres  of  land  a  35/ 26. 

four  Hogs  a  10/ 2. 

five  sheep  a  6/  i  • 


d. 
o. 
o. 
o. 
o. 
6. 

T. 


5-  — 


£29. 


15-         — 


[The  last  four  lines  are  crossed  out  with  the  remark  "  to  be 

out."] 
Besides  the  above  there  is  a  Negro  Family  belonging  to 
Minister  deceased,  viz. 

A  negro  Man  named  Gideon,  aged  about  44  years  old, 

but  now  a  cripple,  who  is  not  appraised. 
His  wife  Jenny,  aged  42  years  with  a  female  child  about 

six  months  old,  valued  at  £30 

A  negro  lad,  named  Jacob,  old  20  years  50, 

A  negro  wench,  named  Elizabeth,  18  years  old  40. 

A  negro  lad,  named  Henry,  16  years  old  40 

A  negro  wench,  named  Anne  Mary,  14  years  old 30 

A  negro  girl,  named  Catherine,  11  years  old  30 

A  negro  girl,  named  Margareth,  9  years  old   25 

A  negro  girl,  named  Susan,  6  years  old  20 

A  negro  boy,  named  John,  4  years  old   15 

Amounts  to   £280 

appraised  by 

Adam  Hilligas 
Johannes  Gallmann 
[Endorsed] 

Inventory  of  Mich'.  Weiss's  Estate 
Exhibited  2.  October  1764. 


left 
said 


o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 

o.  o 


Account  of  Weiss  Estate 


177 


rill.   Account  of  Michael  Weiss's  Estate. 
July  8,  1766.] 

Register  of  Will's  Office,  Philadelphia, 
1764,  No.  114. 

The  accompt  of  Christian  Schneider,  surviving  Administrator  of 
the  Estate  late  of  Michael  Weiss  deced.  as  well  of  all  and  singular 
the  Goods,  Chattels,  Rights  and  Credits  which  were  of  the  said 
deced.  and  which  came  to  this  Accomptant's  Hand  and  Possession 
as  of  the  several  payments  and  disbursements  made  out  of  the  same. 

Imprimis  1764. 

The   said   Accomptant   charges   himself  with   all    and 

singular  the  Goods  Chattels  Rights  and  Credits  which 

were  of  the  said  deced.  as  mentioned  in  an  Inventory 

remaining  in  the  Reg"".  Genl.  Office  at  Philad".  am.  to.£28o.  o.  o 

The    said    Accomptant    charges    himself    with    the 

further  sum  of  £129-11,  being  the  app**.  value  of 

the  goods  and  what  the  deceased's  goods  sold  for 

more  than  appraised  at  including  y"  negroes 
The  said  accomptant  charges  himself  with  the  follow- 
ing sum  reced  for  work  done  by  the  Negroes  to  the 

following  persons,  viz. 

from  Adam  Hiilegas   £    3.  3.         10. 

from  Jacob    Derr    3.  5.  3. 

from  John  Wisler —  4 

from  Peter  Hilligas   —  17 

from  Andreas  Greaver  —         10 

from  George  Miller —  2 

from  Bernard  Bispham  3.        10. 


129. 


Ditto   with   the    sum   of   30/  being   what    a    large 
Bible  sold  for  and  not  included   in  y*  aforesaid 

Inventory 


£422. 


Item 
The  said  Accomptant  prays  Allowance  for  his  several 

pa}'ments  and  disbursements   made   out  of  the  same 

as  follows,  viz. — 
By  cash  paid  for  Letters  of  Adm 

13 


13 


14.         — 


—  17.        — 


178  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

paid   sundry   Expenses   on    appraising    Goods    amount- 
ing to   £     I.  2.  6. 

paid  David  Shultz  for  services,  etc —  5.        — 

paid   to   Frederick   Snyder   for  eight   days   services   on 
business   of  the   Estate   by  order  of  Wm.   Plumsted, 

then  Reg^  Gen' 4.        —         — 

paid  John  Ross  for  advice  i-         10.        — 

paid  B.  Chew  Esq.  for  ditto i.         14.         — 

paid   Conrad   Frank  for  sundry  services   in   and   about 
the  Estate,   allowed   &   approved  by  Wm.   Plumsted, 

Esq 6.        —         — 

paid  to  Advertisements   —  6.  3. 

paid  Christian  Hambach  per  receipt  1.         14.        — 

paid  at  the  office  for  these  amounts  17/6  and  a  Clk  for 

services   7/0    i.  5-         — 

£  18.         13.  9. 

By  an  allowance  for  reced 

'£422.    14    21.  2.  6. 

ditto  on  paying  4.  18.  13   —  18.  8. 

Ballance  of  £381.  19.  i  to  be  disposed  of  according  to 
Law  as  follows: 

To  the  widow,  one  half £190.         19.         6'/2 

To  the  Heirs  of  the  decea'^ed  £190.        19.        6V2 

£381.        19.        I 
£422         14.        — 
Philadelphia  July  8,  1766. 

Error  exxepted 
Examined  &  pass'd  Christian  Schneider 

July  8,  1766.     The  Adm^  being  first  thereto  sworn  by 

Benj.  Chew, 
Regr.  GenK 

[IV.   Additional  Account  of  the  Estate  of  G.  M.  Weiss. 
December  12,  1771.] 

The  Additional  Acct.  of  Christian  Schneider  surviving  Admin- 
istrator of  the  Estate  of  Michael  Weiss,  deceased. 

The  said  Accomptant  charges  himself  with  the  Ballance 

of  the  last  settlement  on  the  other  side  of  this  paper.  .£381.         19.  i. 


Final  Account  of  Estate 


179 


The  said  Accomptant  prays  Allowance  for  the  several  payments 
and  disbursements  made  out  of  the  same  since  last  settlement,  viz. 

Paid  expenses  of  Arbitration  at  Daniel  Etters  p.  account 

Paid  James  Tilghman,  Esquire,  for  his  counsel  and  as- 
sistance in  the  affair  of  the  Negroes  

paid  Expenses  of  Arbitration  at  Mr.  Davenport  p. 
account    

paid  Mr.  Lewis  Weiss  for  translating  sundry  writings 
from   Germany   

paid  for  stating  the  add',  ace*.  7/6  and  for  examing 
&  passing  etc.  17/6   

By   Leonard   Thomas   Bond    for   Negroes   sold   him    at 

Vendue  not  received   82. 

By  Andrew  Oel  for  the  remainder  of  his  Bond  for  one 

Negro  sold  him   40. 

By    the    sum    of    30. — being    for    one    negro    boy    sold 

George  Righter,  received  by  Leonard  Melchior   ....      30.        —         — 

By  paying  £11.  11  at  5  p.  cent o.        11.  o. 

£164.  7.  o. 

Ballance    on    this    settlement    exclusive    of    the    above 

bonds  £130   217.         12.  1. 


I. 

18. 

0. 

6. 

0. 

0. 

I. 

IS- 
5- 

— 

I. 



£  II. 

II. 

— 

Philadelphia,  December  12,  1771. 
Error  excepted 


5-       — 


£381.        19. 
Christmn  Schneider. 


[V.    FiN.^L  Account  of  the  Estate  of  G.  M.  Weiss. 
November  6,  1789.] 

The  final  Ace*,  of  Leonard  Melcher  and  Christian  Schneider  as 
Administrators  etc.  of  George  Michael  Weiss  and  Ann  his  wife 
both  deceased. 

To  Ballance   on   their   first   ace*,   settled   in   Register's 

Office  July  8,  1766   £381.  19.         i 

Bal'.  in  favor  of  the  said  Administrators £272.  o.  — V2 

£654.  9.        i/^ 

N.  B.  Sundry  Papers  respecting  the  foregoing  account  are  tied 
in  a  Bundle  and  lodged  in  the  desk  of  this  office. 


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By  Am*,  of  their  disbursements  on  2nd  Ace*,  ren- 
dered in  Reg.  Office  Dec.  1771    £  12. 

By  Am*,  appraism'.s  &  sales  of  Negroes  charged  to 
the  said  Administrators  in  their  first  ace*,  (the  said 
negroes  having  since  obtained  their  freedom  and 
the  Adm'^.  obliged  to  refund   193 

By  Amo*.  of  Interest  costs  paid  to  Michael  Bishop 
over  and  above  first  cost  of  Negro  sold  him   8 

By  Amo*.  ditto  paid  Sam'.  Heads  Adm.  over  &  above 
first  cost  of  Negro  sold  him   70, 

By  Amo*.  disbursements  etc.  as  per  ist  ace*,  settim*. 
of  Ann  Weiss  rendered  8th  March  1769  109 

By  amo*.  ditto  on   2nd  Acco*.  of  d".   rendered  Dec. 

17,   1771    IIS 

By  amo*.  monies  remitted  to  the  Heirs  in  Germany..     103 
By  Cash  paid  at  Philad".  by  Christian  Schneider  to 
Geo.    Mich.    Weiss    &    Martin    Weiss,    Agents    & 

Representatives  of  the  Heirs  in  Germany  20, 

By  Amo*.  of  Principal  of  Andrew  Ohl  &  Leonard 
Thomas  two  Bonds  given  for  Negroes  sold  to 
them — which  Bonds  the  said  Schneider  assigned  & 
delivered    to    the    said    George    Mich'.    Weiss    & 

Martin  Weiss  as  Agents  &  Representatives   122. 

By  Cash  paid  Clerk  for  stating  Acco* 2. 

By  d".  paid  Reg*",  for  examining  &  passing  this  acco*. 
with  copy  — 


loH 


£654.  9.  l'/2 

Frederick  Schneider  and  Henry  Frantz,  executors  for  the  Testa- 
ment and  last  will  of  Christian  Schneider,  dec**.,  who  was  the  sur- 
viving Administrator  of  George  Michael  Weiss  afors*^,,  on  their 
solemn  oaths  do  depose  and  say  that  the  foregoing  account  as  it 
stands  stated  and  settled  both  as  to  the  charge  and  discharge  thereof 
is  true  and  just  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  belief.  Sworn 
the  6th  day  of  November  1789. 

Frederick  Sxider 
Henry  Franz 
Before  me 

Geo.  Campbell,  Reg''. 


Will  of  Mrs.  Anna  Weiss  i8i 

[VI.   Will  of  Mrs.  Anna  Weiss,  dated  May  9,  1765,  pro- 
bated August  20,  1765.] 

Book  of  Administration,  Register  of  Wills  Office, 
Philadelphia,  Vol.  H.  p.  i. 

In  the  Namce  of  [God]  Amen. 

Whereas  I,  Anna  Weiss,  as  Relict  Widow  of  George  Michael 
Weiss  late  of  Upper  Hanover  Township  in  the  County  of  Phila- 
delphia, Reformed  Calvinist  Minister  deceased,  do  find  myself  in 
an  advanced  age  and  very  weak  in  body  but  of  sound  mind  and 
understanding  and  IVIemory,  thanks  be  to  God,  and  calling  to 
Mind  the  Mortality  of  my  body  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed 
to  all  men  once  to  die,  so  do  I  on  this  ninth  day  of  May  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  and  seven  hundred  and  sixty  five  make 
and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 

And  first  of  all,  I  recommend  my  soul  into  the  Hands  of  Al- 
mighty God  that  gave  it,  and  do  desire  that  after  my  death  my  body 
be  buried  in  a  Christian  like  and  decent  manner  and  as  touching  to 
my  worldly  estate  I  do  hereby  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following 
manner. 

Imprimis,  it  is  my  will  that  all  my  Just  debts  contracted  by  me 
or  my  negroes  be  duly  paid  and  discharged,  and  also  that  my  here- 
unto named  Executors  shall  demand  ask  and  get  in  all  the  out- 
standing debts  that  are  due  to  my  deceased  Husband  for  his  serv- 
ices if  they  can  be  got, 

And  further  it  is  my  will  and  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
beloved  Cousin  Leonard  Brunk  living  in  the  County  of  Albany  in 
the  government  of  New  York  and  to  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  all  my 
fine  Clothes  and  Garments  as  also  six  great  silver  spoons  and  also 
my  three  Golden  Rings  as  in  full  for  his  Hereditary  Share  and 
Portion  of  my  Estate  to  be  delivered  to  him  on  demand  by  my 
Executors. 

And  whereas  I  have  a  Negro  family  consisting  at  Present  of 
Eleven  Persons  as  the  .Negroe  man  named  Gideon  and  the  wife 
named  Jenny,  the  man  aged  about  forty  four  years  and  the  woman's 
age  about  forty  two,  their  children's  names  are  Jacob  about  Twenty 


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3'ears  old  and  Elizabeth  about  Eighteen  years,  and  Henrj-  about 
sixteen  years  and  Anne  Mary  about  fourteen  years  and  Gather ina 
about  eleven  j^ears,  and  Margareth  about  nine  years,  and  Susanna 
about  six  years  and  John  about  four  years  and  also  a  young  female 
child  about  one  year  old  named  Eva,  which  all  accordingly  have 
been  baptized  to  the  Christian  Protestant  reformed  Religion. 

And  whereas  lately  some  claim  hath  been  made  by  a  Relation 
of  the  s*^.  deceased  Rev''.  Minister  my  s'^.  Husband  in  favour  of 
his  other  Relations  in  Germany  claiming  the  half  of  our  Estate,  as 
also  with  an  intention  to  sell  said  Negroes  for  slaves  contrarj^  to 
the  sentiments  and  Intentions  of  my  s^.  deceased  Husband  who 
died  Intestate,  so  it  is  my  will  that  the  said  Negroe  children  may 
be  bound  out  to  serve  from  time  to  time  or  as  long  as  necessary  in 
order  to  make  up  such  a  sum  of  money  as  may  be  required  or 
ordered  to  be  sent  to  the  Brethren  and  Relations  of  my  s^.  deceased 
Husband  in  Germany  for  their  Hereditary  share  and  Portion, 
and  further  it  is  my  will  that  all  my  said  whole  Negroe  family 
shall  after  the  time  of  my  death  be  free,  and  I  do  hereby  declare 
them  altogether  without  distinction  or  Exception  to  be  an  entire 
free  Negroe  family,  so  that  they  never  shall  or  may  be  bound  out 
to  eternal  slavery,  but  shall  hereby  fully  have  and  enjoy  their  lib- 
erty, only  hereby  excepted  as  above  said  to  get  so  much  money  by 
servitude  as  necessary  on  the  above  said  demand,  as  from  year  to 
year  or  otherwise  as  it  shall  seem  best  to  my  hereunto  named 
Executors : 

And  I  do  hereby  further  give  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  said 
Negro  Man  Gideon  Moor  and  to  his  Heirs  and  assigns  as  to  my 
said  whole  Negroe  family  forever  a  certain  Tract  of  Land  situate 
in  Douglas  Township  in  the  County  of  Philadelphia  adjoining  the 
land  of  Michael  Read,  Mathias  Walther,  Andreas  Weiler  and 
Philip  Leidecker  and  containing  fourteen  acres  and  six  Perches  of 
Land  which  I  lately  Purchased  of  Peter  Hillegas  &  obtained  a 
Deed  for  the  same  with  all  Hereditaments  and  Appurtenances 
whatsoever.  To  hold  to  them  my  said  Negroe  family  and  for 
their  use  and  behoof  forever. 

And  I  further  give  and  bequeath  all  my  Right  Claim  and  de- 


Will  of  Mrs.  Anna  Weiss  183 

mand  (if  any  I  have)  of  in  and  to  any  Improvement  and  Land 
where  I  now  live  unto  the  said  Gideon  Moor  and  for  his  and  their 
Proper  Use  and  Behoof  for  ever,  saving  to  others  their  Right  to 
the  same  if  any  they  have, 

And  I  do  hereby  further  give  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  said 
Negro  man  Gideon  Moor  and  to  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever  all 
the  remainder  of  my  Moveable  and  personal  Estate  as  my  other 
Clothes,  chests,  money,  furniture  and  all  and  every  sort  of  house- 
hold goods  and  Tools  whatsoever.  To  hold  to  him  the  said  Gideon 
Moor  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  and  to  their  only  proper  use  and  Be- 
hoof for  ever,  Provided  hereby  that  all  my  debts  now  due  by  me 
be  all  regularly  paid  and  I  devise  that  all  may  be  done  according  to 
the  true  Intent  and  meaning  hereof, 

And  I  further  devise  that  care  may  be  taken  that  all  the  said 
Negroe  Children  may  be  taught  &  instructed  in  the  Doctrine  of 
the  true  Christian  reformed  Religion,  in  the  best  manner  it  can 
be  done,  and  I  do  hereby  wish  that  they  all  may  enjoy  hereafter 
endless  Felicity. 

And  I  do  hereby  nominate  constitute  and  appoint  my  trusty  and 
beloved  friends  as  Jacob  Arndt,  Esquire,  one  of  his  Majestys  Jus- 
tices of  the  peace  for  the  County  of  Northampton  and  Peter  Hille- 
gas  of  Upper  Hanover  Township  in  Philadelphia  County  j^eoman 
to  be  the  sole  Executors  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  and 
I  do  hereby  declare  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  &  Tes- 
tament. 

In  Witness  and  Confirmation  whereof  I  the  above  named  Anna 
Weiss  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal.  Dated  the  day  and 
year  as  first  above  written. 

her 

Anna    A    Weiss     (Seal) 

mark 

Signed  sealed  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Anna  Weiss  as 
her  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  presence  of  us  the  subscribers. 

Johannes  Wishler 
David  Schulz 
Johannes  Taubst 


184  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Philadelphia  August  20th  1765, 

There  personally  appeared  Johannes  Wissler  and  David  Shultze 
two  of  the  witnesses  to  the  foregoing  will  and  on  their  solemn 
affirmation  according  to  Law  did  declare  they  saw  and  heard  Anna 
Weiss  the  Testatrix  therein  named  sign  seal  publish  and  declare 
the  same  will  for  and  as  her  last  Will  and  Testament  and  that  at 
the  doing  thereof  she  was  of  sound  mind  memory  and  understand- 
ing to  the  best  of  their  knowledge. 

Coram  Benjamin  Chew,  Esq"".  Reg.  General. 
Memorandum  that  Letter  of  Administration  of  the  Estate  of 
Anna  Weiss  dece^.  with  the  will  of  the  said  Anna  annexed  were 
granted  to  Christian  Schneider  and  Leonard  Melchior  (the  Ex- 
ecutors in  the  said  will  named  having  first  renounced)  Inventory 
to  be  exhibited  on  or  before  the  20th  day  of  September  next  and 
an  acct.  on  or  before  the  21st  day  of  August  1766. 

Given  under  the  seal  of  the  Register  General's  Office  at  Phila- 
delphia the  20th  day  of  August  1765. 

n.  Benjamin  Chew, 

Reg'\  GenK 

rVIL   Letter  of  David  Schultze,  Esq.,  to  Mr.  Daniel 
Rundle,  February  3,  1776;  printed  in  Daily  N orris- 
town  Register  of  March  6,  1883.] 

To  Mr.  Daniel  Rundle. 
Sir! 

Whereas  the  Reformed  Calvinist  congregation  in  these  parts 
have  already  had  a  considerable  deal  of  trouble  with  that  negro- 
man  called  Gideon  Moor,  who  was  a  slave  to  their  minister,  the 
late  Geo.  M.  Weiss,  so  that  they  are  engaged  in  a  tedious  lawsuit 
with  him  and  though  I  never  inclined  to  be  very  much  troublesome 
to  you  about  this  affair,  yet  as  it  seems  that  that  congregation  might 
possible  lose  their  cause:  if  not  properly  assisted.  So  I  find  myself 
under  necessity  to  give  you  some  information  of  the  matter,  as 
short  as  possible,  as  the  said  congregation  also  most  humbly  request 
your  assistance  therein,  as  far  as  thought  necessary.     The  more 


First  Letter  of  David  Schultz  185 

especially,  since  you  had  a  hand  in  the  land  affairs  from  the  begin- 
ning and  for  the  present  time  are  looked  upon  by  the  parties  as  the 
chief  of  those  parties  concerned  therein.  We  also  hope  that  you 
will  remember  that  about  five  or  six  years  ago  some  of  the  members 
of  the  said  congregation  applied  to  you  about  the  same  cause,  when 
you  gave  them  your  promise  that  they  should  have  that  land  as  soon 
as  the  affair  with  your  partners  was  settled. 

But  the  better  to  explain  their  cause  I  shall  be  obliged  to  repeat 
the  affair  from  its  beginning. 

After  all  the  land  had  been  surveyed  to  the  settlers  thereof  agree- 
able the  general  agreement  this  tract  was  left  vacant. 

Sometime  before  the  general  agreement  was  made,  Edward  Scull 
was  ordered  to  survey  the  greatest  part  of  his  13,000  acres,  but 
atter  the  general  agreement  was  made  and  the  remaining  surve3's 
were  to  be  completed,  he  not  having  time  to  do  it  himself,  ordered 
me  to  finish  the  remainder  under  his  examination  which  was  done 
and  employed  with  by  the  Mr.  Parsons,  Ross  and  Greenway  I 
accordingly  surveyed  the  tract  now  in  question  on  the  19th  Novem- 
ber 1750,  for  the  said  congregation,  in  the  presence  of  the  elders 
and  churchwardens  thereof  containing  42  acres  with  allowance  [of 
SIX  acre  per  hundred  for  roads]  at  their  request,  with  an  intention 
to  build  a  house  thereon  for  their  minister  to  live  in  and  continuallv 
to  keep  this  same  for  such  use  for  ever. 

Also  with  intention,  when  it  should  suit  them,  to  agree  and  pay 
tor  the  land,  with  the  above  named  three  gentlemen. 

They  immediately  built  a  dwelling  house  and  stable  on  it,  du-  a 
well  and  began  to  clear  some  land  in  the  Spring  of  175 1  Their 
minister  came  to  live  there  with  his  negro  family;  at  his  request 
the  congregation  allowed  him  for  his  better  support  to  clear  some 
more  land;  Though  who  [he]  continued  from  time  to  time  with 
c  eanmg  Though  sometimes  forbid  by  the  congregation,  till  almost 
all  was  cleared,  a  few  acres  only  excepted.  The  timber  required 
tor  budding,  and  mostly  rails,  was  carried  there  by  said  people  from 
tneir  own  lands.  Since  there  was  scarce  any  on  the  premises.  The 
greatest  part  thereof  was  but  a  barren  plain.  Thev  applied  to  Mr. 
Greenway  about  the  land  about  1767  or  1768,  he  returned  for 


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answer,  that  they  should  have  the  land,  but  since  some  of  the  heirs 
were  under  age,  he  would  not  undertake  to  make  a  deed  for  it. 
We  applied  to  you  about  it  and  received  nearly  the  same  answer. 

Anno  1 761  in  August,  their  said  minister,  Geo.  Mich.  Weiss 
died  and  though  the  said  congregation  got  another,  yet  out  of  com- 
passion to  the  deceased's  widow,  allowed  her  to  live  on  that  land 
with  her  negro  family  and  left  her  the  full  use  thereof,  without 
demanding  a  penny  rent  of  her  for  it.  They  rented  another  house 
for  their  new  accepted  minister  to  live  in,  until  in  the  year  1765, 
June  2nd,  the  said,  relict  widow  Anna  Weiss  died  also,  having  no 
children,  only  her  said  negro  family,  he  died  without  a  will,  but 
she  made  a  will,  whereupon  she  gave  all  her  estate  to  the  said  negro 
family  and  also  her  right  to  the  improvements,  if  any  she  had. 

But  in  my  opinion  she  could  claim  no  further  right  thereon. 
She  only  had  the  use  and  produce  there  during  her  stay  on  the 
premises  and  that  only  by  permission  of  the  said  congregation. 
Then  in  about  three  months  aftenvards,  the  said  negro  family  were 
all  sold  for  slaves  by  Christian  Schneider  and  Leonard  Melchior, 
who  had  administered  for  the  estate.  The  said  negro  man  with 
his  wife  and  two  children  were  sold  to  Leonard  Thomas,  an  inhabi- 
tant of  this  township.  Sometime  afterwards  the  congregation  got 
an  inmate  to  live  in  the  house  on  the  premises. 

The  said  Leonard  Thomas,  weary  of  his  negroes,  allowed  the 
man  liberty  and  time  to  try  for  to  obtain  his  freedom,  during  which 
interview  the  said  Gideon,  by  some  lawyer's  contrivances  came  and 
took  possession  again  of  the  said  premises,  about  the  latter  end  of 
1767  or  the  beginning  of  1768.  This  occasioned  new  trouble  to 
the  congregation. 

They  soon  after  applied  for  the  land  to  you  and  to  John  Margo- 
troyd  and  received  yours  and  his  promise  in  their  favor,  to  get  it 
done  as  soon  as  those  affairs  were  settled,  but  they  could  have  a 
deed  for  mortgage,  on  the  i6th  of  February  1768.  Sent  with 
order  to  that  negro-man  to  go  of?  from  the  premises  with  his  family 
and  effects  within  a  week,  otherwise  he  would  sue  him  for  trespass. 
Until,  as  I  suppose  in  April  1769  (some  think  17 70)  the  congre- 
gation being  tired  with  the  like  vexations,  went  there  and  carried 


First  Letter  of  David  Schultz  187 

his  family  and  goods  to  his  said  master's  house,  repaired  and  fitted 
up  the  dwelling  for  their  new  minister  to  live  in,  who  resides 
thereon  since.  He  put  the  fences  in  good  condition  to  save  the 
winter  grain  for  the  benefit  of  the  said  negroes,  who  got  the  grain 
next  harvest.  But  in  return  said  Gideon  sued  them  for  trespass, 
which  occasioned  the  trial  in  September  court  1 770,  when  those 
of  the  congregation  who  done  that  act  were  obliged  to  pay  a  small 
fine,  with  a  considerable  deal  of  costs.  Since  this  time  the  said 
Gideon  hath  sued  them  again  for  damages,  that  he  says,  he  suf- 
fered merely  by  some  trivials  on  rags,  which  he  left  lying  before 
in  the  weather  and  muddled  before  his  said  master's  house.  His 
loss  can  be  but  very  small,  but  though  it  be  ever  so  little,  yet  it  may 
prove  probably  possible,  that  the  congregation  might  be  sued  again 
and  also  obliged  to  pay  a  considerable  deal  of  costs  too,  and  thereby 
be  obliged  to  submit  to  this  hero  Lord  South,  if  not  timely  sup- 
ported. I  have  further  to  add  that  several  witnesses  were  also 
sued  to  give  evidence  in  favor  of  the  said  negro  but  they  refused 
to  appear.  Then  before  March  Court  last,  I  also  had  a  subpoena 
sent  me  to  attend  in  favor  of  the  negro,  but  by  reason  of  my  weak 
state  and  condition  of  health,  I  did  not  attend  nor  any  other  wit- 
ness, nor  did  I  incline  to  meddle  with  it  till  August  last  a  writ  of 
attachment  was  served  on  me  and  also  on  the  other  witnesses,  for 
disobedience  or  contempt  of  court,  by  the  high  Sheriff  himself,  so 
that  we  have  to  thank  the  high  Sheriff's  generosity  and  benevolence 
for  it,  for  not  putting  us  to  goal  for  it,  for  near  a  whole  month 
till  September  court  about  this  affair.  A  strange  instance  indeed 
to  observe,  that  this  great  Lord  South,  who  was  but  lately  a  slave 
and  to  whom  almost  every  one  of  us,  at  one  time  or  another,  out 
of  compassion  to  him  proved  to  be  a  benefactor,  on  his  being  sup- 
ported by  others,  should  have  obtained  so  much  power  as  to  send 
six  freeholders  to  gaol  at  his  pleasure.  God  beware,  that  the 
mighty  Lord  South  does  not  obtain  power  to  treat  the  members  of 
our  honorable  Congress  in  the  same  manner. 

This  affair  disturbed  my  mind  terribly  at  that  time,  but  we 
appeared  in  town  on  the  6th  of  September  last,  as  the  day  appointed 
by  the  high  Sheriff.     Wm.  Lewis  and  Fisher  are  the  two  lawyers 


i88  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

on  the  negro  case.  Mr.  Lewis  examined  us,  but  found  my  testi- 
mony not  to  be  that  told  him,  but  told  us  the  case  could  not  be 
tried  now,  but  was  put  off. 

Andrew  Maurer,  who  had  been  sued  for  said  damages  and 
thereby  obliged  to  stand  foremost  on  the  congregation's  part,  did 
not  take  a  lawyer  till  September  court  last,  when  he  emploj'ed 
Andrew  Allen  to  act  on  their  behalf.  The  trial  was  to  be  had  on 
the  8th  of  January,  now  past,  when  I  was  obliged  to  go  to  town 
again,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Allen,  for  Mr.  Lewis  had  acquitted 
me  in  September  court,  since  I  could  not  give  my  evidence  in  favor 
of  the  said  negro-man's  cause  before  September  last.  I  had  not 
been  in  town  for  the  space  of  five  years  together,  chiefly  by  reason 
of  my  weak  condition  of  health.  When  on  calling  at  Mr.  Allen's 
he  informed  us  that  we  should  have  some  deed  or  agreement  or 
writings  to  show  that  the  owners  of  the  land  had  either  sold  or 
at  least  promised  the  same  to  the  congregation,  in  order  to  show 
it  as  their  title  to  the  land  at  court,  without  which  he  could  not 
consent  to  let  the  trial  go  on.  This  was  the  reason  that  we  called 
at  j'our  house  three  times  on  the  same  morning,  the  8th  of  January 
past,  in  order  if  possible  to  obtain  such  writings.  But  by  reason 
of  your  indisposition,  we  were  prevented  to  speak  to  you  about  it, 
or  to  inform  you  of  the  importance  of  it,  so  that  Mr.  Allen  thought 
it  suitable  to  remove  the  cause  to  the  Supreme  Court,  but  we  find 
that  Mr.  Lewis  bound  over  his  witnesses  to  appear  again  on  the 
9.  March  next,  as  at  the  next  close  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court. 
So  I  have  now  thought  necessary  to  inform  you  of  the  circum- 
stances of  this  affair,  in  order  that  j'ou  may  observe  how  trouble- 
some the  negroman  hath  already  been  to  the  said  congregation  who 
always  have  been  and  are  yet  ready  to  agree  with  you  about  the 
land  and  pay  for  it  and  have  been  long  soliciting  for  it.  For  I 
conclude  from  the  examination  made  on  me  by  Mr.  Lewis,  that 
they  intend  yet  to  lay  claim  on  the  improvements,  to  which  I  think 
by  no  means  that  the  negro  can  have  a  right,  since  whatever  he  did 
thereon,  while  a  slave,  they  had  the  full  use  thereof,  during  their 
stay  thereon ;  and  I  don't  doubt,  if  you  can  spare  time  as  to  con- 
sider the  matter  all  over  again,  you  will  be  of  the  same  opinion. 


Second  Letter  of  David  Schidtz  189 

I  am  sorry  to  trouble  you  with  this  long  detail,  but  I  should  think 
it  a  defect,  if  I  should  not  do,  what  is  possible  in  behalf  of  the 
congregation. 

Well  what  we  most  humbly  desire  of  you,  Sir,  to  be  done  is  this: 
That  you  would  be  pleased  to  make  an  agreement  with  some  of  the 
members  of  the  said  congregation  and  put  the  same  in  writing, 
for  the  said  tract  of  42  acres  and  allowance  with  .  .  .  per  land. 
I  have  made  a  new  draught  for  the  same  to  them,  or  if  a  deed 
could  be  made  out  now  to  the  congregation,  it  will  be  found  the 
better,  before  the  time  of  the  trial  comes.  Then  we  suppose  all 
the  vexations  of  the  negro  fellow  and  his  supporters  against  the 
said  congregation  would  terminate  and  be  at  an  end.  We  think 
in  these  turbulent  times  we  have  and  yet  may  expect  trouble  and 
calamity  enough  already. 

We  shall  ever  remain,  dear  Sir,  your  most  affectionate  and  hum- 
ble servant. 

D.    SCHULTZE. 

By  some  boastings  dropt  by  said  Gideon,  it  seems  that  his  lawyers 
intend  to  scruple  the  validity  of  our  title  in  general  to  the  land  at 
court. 

All  to  Daniel  Rundle,  the  3rd  February  1776,  sent  Febr.  6th  pr. 
Andrew  Maurer. 

[VIII.    Letter  of  David  Schultze,  Esq.,  to  Andrew  Allen, 

Esq.,  February  3,  1776.     Printed  in  the  Daily  Norris- 

toii-n  Register,  March  6,  1883.] 

To  Andrew  Allen,  Esquire!  1776.     February  3rd. 

Sir! 

About  the  affair  of  the  bearer  hereof,  Andrew  Maurer,  I 
have  to  inform  you  at  first,  since  we  could  not  speak  to  Mr.  Daniel 
Rundle,  when  in  town,  by  reason  of  his  indisposition,  who  is  one 
of  the  three  parties  or  owners  to  the  land  in  question,  so  I  have 
now  wrote  a  letter  to  him  of  the  affair  very  circumstantially,  and 
alleged  the  necessity  to  get  either  a  deed  for  the  premises  if  possible 
or  at  least  an  agreement  signed  from  under  their  hands. 


ipo  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

I  also  wrote  another  letter  to  Thomas  Pugh,  who  is  executor 
for  the  last  deceased  Thos.  Tresse,  Junior,  another  of  the  said 
partners  to  the  land. 

I  spoke  to  him  about  it  when  in  town,  who  promised  to  do  all  in 
his  power  in  favor  of  the  congregation,  as  to  John  Margotroyd, 
as  the  third  partner.  We  could  not  learn  where  he  lives  now. 
What  Mr.  Rundle's  answer  will  be  I  cannot  know.  One  diffi- 
culty may  perhaps  obstruct  the  affair,  for  those  three  parties  have 
been  at  variance  with  each  other  for  many  years  past,  and  not  yet 
settled,  which  hath  been  the  chief  reason,  that  no  deed  could  be  got 
out  ever  since  the  dec'd  of  old  James  Margotroyd — otherwise  this 
land  would  have  been  long  ago  paid  for.  If  our  proposal  for  a 
particular  agreement  should  not  succeed,  we  have  yet  in  reserve 
the  general  agreement,  made  with  Parsons,  Ross  and  Greenway, 
in  April  1749,  which  on  certain  conditions  includes  the  whole  tract 
of  13,000  acres,  signed  by  their  own  and  many  of  our  hands. 
Though  it  may  not  suit  so  well  now,  than  if  a  new  particular  one 
can  be  obtained. 

We  have  further  to  mention,  when  on  our  return  to  town,  we 
met  the  other  three  witnesses,  that  they  then  informed  us,  that  on 
that  afternoon  Mr.  Lewis  had  bound  them  over  by  recognizance 
in  Mr.  Biddle's  offices,  to  appear  and  attend  again  on  the  9th  of 
March  next,  as  at  the  close  of  the  next  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
as  if  the  cause  was  then  to  be  tried.  Though  as  we  understand 
from  j-ou,  that  the  cause  was  removed  to  the  Supreme  Court,  which 
we  should  like  much  better,  in  order  to  gain  more  time,  for  we 
cannot  know  what  difficulty  we  may  find  or  what  time  will  be 
required  to  obtain  what  is  required. 

Now  if  you  could  prevail  on  Mr.  Lewis,  to  send  a  written 
order  to  his  three  witnesses,  Jacob  Miller,  Jacob  Wissler  and 
Ulrich  Graber,  not  to  attend  on  the  said  9th  of  March  next.  Then 
they  will  stay  at  home,  otherwise  they  will  certainly  attend  for  fear 
of  falling  into  the  same  unwelcome  disgrace  as  in  August  last. 

For  what  reasons  Mr.  Lewis  hath,  that  he  then  acted  in  this 
manner  we  cannot  know,  if  to  increase  the  costs  or  for  some  other 
advantage? 


Second  Letter  of  David  Schultz  191 

So  we  humbly  desire  that  you  would  be  pleased  to  rectify  this 
affair. 

By  some  boasting  words,  dropt  by  that  negroman,  as  I  was  told 
of  when  in  town,  I  suspect  that  his  lawyers  intend  to  dispute  the 
validity  of  our  title  in  general  to  these  lands,  which  I  think  is  a 
matter  of  no  concern  at  all  to  them,  we  had  trouble  enough  in 
former  times  already,  until  the  cause  was  decided  by  the  Supreme 
Court,  anno  1754  in  favor  of  Parsons,  Ross  and  Greenway.  I 
could  make  out  a  large  description  of  the  whole,  but  I  should  now 
think  it  unnecessary,  see  paper  No.  2. 

It  is  strange  to  observe  that  these  gentlemen  Fisher  and  Lewis 
and  their  supporters,  of  whom  Mr.  Israel  Pemberton  is  looked 
upon  as  their  chief,  under  the  applauded  pretext  by  assisting  the 
needy  and  oppressed,  by  their  endeavors  are  doing  a  considerable 
injury  to  a  large  number  of  people,  especially  at  a  time,  when  the 
utmost  necessity  requires  it  for  every  one  to  be  as  cautious  as  pos- 
sible to  avoid  contentions  nor  to  give  offence  to  any. 

I  observed  to  you  formerly,  that  I  suspect  those  lawyers  will 
perhaps  lay  claim  again  to  that  improvement,  which  if  they  do,  it 
will  seem  so  much  the  more  strange,  if  they  take  for  their  founda- 
tion the  foolish  fancy  of  that  old  Irish  low  Dutch  woman.  I  look 
upon  them  as  gentlemen,  who  would  proceed  on  good  reasonings. 
They  forget  themselves  so  far,  while  under  a  laudable  pretext,  they 
are  putting  numbers  to  loss  and  unnecessary  charges.  This  small 
tract  of  land  will  cost  the  people  dear  enough  besides. 

The  whole  affair  about  the  estate  of  that  deceased  minister  hath 
to  my  opinion  not  been  transacted  according  to  law,  nor  agreeable 
to  his  will,  nor  even  (if  I  dare  say)  to  equity,  for  agreeable  to  the 
law,  will  and  equity,  the  half  of  his  relict  estate  should  have  been 
transmitted  to  Germany  to  his  relations,  to  his  brother  eldest  son, 
which  hath  not  been  done. 

There  is  a  strong  supposition  that  the  minister  had  a  good  purse 
in  ready  cash,  which  was  concealed  at  the  appraisement  by  his 
widow  and  afterwards  by  the  negroes,  for  she  paid  almost  no  debts 
contracted  by  his  negroes  during  the  four  years  she  outlived  her 
husband.     Christian  Schneider  was  after  his  death  obliged  to  pay 


192  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

above  a  hundred  pounds  debts  and  costs,  if  he  has  been  repaid,  I 
did  not  inquire.  It  must  be  true,  since  that  can  be  proved  by  living 
witnesses,  thus  running  the  estate  so  much  in  debt  in  so  short  a 
time  by  his  negroes  while  all  the  produce  of  the  premises  were  also 
left  him,  it  will  appear,  that  he  was  none  of  the  best  economists, 
by  the  congregation  gratis  benevolence. 

Did  any  of  his  supporters  consider  the  matter  with  more  delib- 
eration, or  think  if  any  of  their  deceased  tennants  negroes  should 
re-enter  their  premises  and  claim  a  right  to  their  works  done  for 
their  master,  while  slaves,  how  they  would  behave.  I  hope  they 
would  desist  from  what  they  are  doing.  Their  own  consciences 
(if  any  they  have)  would  probably  give  them  better  instructions. 

To  Mr.  Allen 
Febr.  3,  1776. 


CHAPTER   VII. 

The  Period  of  Supplies,  1762-1766. 

•  HEN  Mr.  Weiss  died,  the  Goshenhoppen 
churches  lost  a  faithful  and  able  pastor. 
They  struggled  along  for  a  few  years  with 
supplies,  without  being  able  to  find  a 
worthy  successor. 

At  the  Coetus  of  1762,  held  on  June  30 
and  following  days  at  New  Hanover, 

three  elders  from  Old  and  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp 
were  admitted  and  reported  that  these  three  congregations  would 
remain  inseparably  together.  They  then  urgently  asked  that  a 
minister  of  the  Coetus  be  given  to  them  in  place  of  their  faithful 
pastor,  Do.  Weiss,  now  deceased.  And  if  they  might  be  permitted 
to  name  the  minister  they  would  choose  Do.  Otterbein.  The 
Reverend  Coetus  took  this  under  consideration  and  promised  them 
to  make  known  the  answer  through  Do.  Leydich.  After  they  were 
dismissed  Do.  Otterbein  refused  their  request  because  of  trifling 
reasons. 

As  Otterbein  declined  to  serve  Goshenhoppen,  Leydich 
took  his  place.  This  is  evident  from  the  first  entry  in  the 
second  New  Goshenhoppen  record  book,  which  reads : 

Church  Record  for  the  Congregation  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
from  the  year  in  which  Rev.  Weiss  died  [1761]  [containing  the 
14  193 


194  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

names  of]  all  the  children,  who  from  that  year  to  the  year  1766 
were  baptized  by  me,  Jacob  Riess,  Leyte  [Leydich]  and  Michel 
and  also  those  of  later  years. 

Taking  the  statement  in  the  Coetus  minutes  and  this  en- 
try in  the  church  record  together,  the  most  probable  infer- 
ence is  that  Mr.  Leydich  followed  Weiss  immediately.  In 
view  of  the  willingness  of  the  congregations  to  apply  to 
the  Coetus  for  a  minister,  the  most  natural  supposition  is 
that  a  minister  of  the  Coetus  first  supplied  them  after  the 
death  of  Weiss  and  that,  when  he  was  no  longer  able  to 
hold  them,  they  drifted  into  the  hands  of  independent 
ministers. 

I.  The  Ministry  of  Rev.  John  Philip  Leydich, 
i762-i763(?). 

John  Philip  Leydich  was  in  1762  pastor  of  Falkner 
Swamp  and  Providence  (now  St.  Luke's  at  Trappe), 
Montgomery  County,  and  of  Vincent,  Chester  County. 

John  Philip  Leydich  was  born  April  28,  17 15,  and  bap- 
tized May  5  of  the  same  year,  at  Girkhausen,  near  Berle- 
burg.  In  Westphalia. ^^2  He  was  the  son  of  the  Rev. 
Leonhard  Leydich,  then  pastor  at  Girkhausen.  John 
Philip  Leydich  studied  for  the  ministry  and  In  course  of 
time  became  assistant  to  his  father.  In  July,  1748,  he 
appeared  before  the  Synod  of  South  Holland,  then  held  at 
Briel,  where  he  was  commissioned  for  service  In  Pennsyl- 
vania. We  next  meet  him  In  Philadelphia.  Schlatter  In 
his  Journal  states :^^^  "On  the  15th  of  September,  1748, 
to  my  exceeding  great  joy,  came  to  my  house,  healthy  and 

i"2  The  facts  about  the  birth  and  parentage  of  the  Rev.  John  Philip 
Leydich  were  discovered  by  Mr.  Dotterer,  see  his  various  articles  in  his 
Historical  Notes,  pp.  2,  50,  59  f. 

i"Li7^  of  Rev.  Schlatter,  p.  182. 


John  Philip  Leydich  in- 

happy,  John  Philip  Leydich,  with  his  wife  and  nvo  chil- 
dren.       Immedmtely  after  his   arrival   Leydich  became 
pastor  at  Falkner  Swamp  and  Providence.     This  incSen 
.s  touchmgly  described  by  Mr.  Boeh™  in  his  las    1  «er 
wmt»  on  December  .,   :748,-  to  the  Classis  of  Am: 

r„h''°p^,'''f Tt  "™  "y  ''"'■  ""''  !='"<'  brother,  the  Rev 

hi  call  ,t  f1       r       *"  '""  °'-  ^^''^'■^''  -'"■"S'>'  --Pted 
h.s  call  to  Falkner  Swamp  and  Providence,  as  Do.  Hochreutner  to 

Lancaster  and   Do.  Bartholon,ie  to  Tulpehocken.     Coe "       Ji 

cZr  wT  H°  '""""  °°-  ^^•^'''■^"  ^"^  °°-  '^""'"'-'•^  ■"  *e" 
charges,  wh.ch  commission  was  carried  out  on  October  ,6th  at 

Falkner  Swamp  and  on  October  23  rd  at  Tulpehocken. 


^■<y^' 


J^^y> 


Leydich  was  pastor  at  Falkner  Swamp  from  1748  to 
1765;  at  Vmcent,  Chester  County,  from  1753  to  1765  1° 
Coventry,  now  Brownback's,  in  Chester  Countvfr'om 
1769  to  1784;  at  Upper  Milford  and  Salzburg,  i^'Le  igh 
CountMrom  ,766  to  ,77.,  and  at  Pottstown\-om  t77o 

During  the  first  twenty  years  of  his  ministry,  Mr  Ley- 
dich took  a  prominent  part  in  the  work  of  the  Coetus 
He  preached  the  opening  sermon  of  the  second  Coetu  ' 
September  .8,  1748,  but  a  few  weeks  after  his  arrva  .' 
The  s  e  IS  true  of  the  third  Coetus,  which  was  opened 
September  27,  1749,  at  Lancaster,  "with  a  well  arranged 

"■■  Classical   Archives,   Pcnnsjivania    Portfolio    No    „      «       ,■,"    j 
LeIUr,  of  Boehm,  p.  44,  f.  rorttolio,    No.   33.     See  L.je  and 


196  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

and  edifying  sermon  by  Do,  Leydich."  He  was  the  presi- 
dent of  Coetus  in  1757  and  1760,  and  acted  as  its  secre- 
tary in  1753,  1756  and  1768.  In  1753  his  salary  is  given 
as  40  pounds.  After  the  year  1768  he  retired  to  the  back- 
ground. That  may  have  been  due  to  his  failing  health, 
for  in  1757,  177 1,  1772  and  1776  he  is  reported  as  absent 
because  of  sickness  or  infirmity  of  old  age.^'^^ 

On  October  16,  1749,  Mr.  Leydich  purchased  one  hun- 
dred and  five  acres  of  land  in  Frederick  township,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Swamp  Creek.  This  became  the  family 
homestead. ^'° 

He  died  January  14,  1784,  leaving  three  sons  and  four 
daughters.  He  was  buried  on  Leydig's  graveyard,  a  pri- 
vate burial  place,  in  part  located  on  land  originally  pur- 
chased by  him.  The  inscription  on  his  tombstone  reads 
in  an  English  translation: 

John  Philip  Leydich 
Reformed   Minister 
was  born   1715 
the  28th  of  April 
Died  January  14,  1784 
Aged  69  Years 
2  Tinn.  2:  3. 

How  long  Leydich  supplied  Goshenhoppen  cannot  be 
made  out  with  entire  certainty,  but  probably  a  year,  for  at 
the  Coetus  meeting  of  May  5  to  6,  1763,  Goshenhoppen 
is  referred  to  as  vacant. 

On  May  19,  1763,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Classis  of 
Amsterdam  wrote  as  follows  to  the  Coetus  of  Penn- 
sylvania : 

1^5  For  other  sketches  of  Mr.  Leydich's   life  see   Harbaugh,  Fathers  of 
Reformed  Church,  Vol.  II,  pp.  24-28;  Good,  History,  pp.  493-496. 
i'6  Dotterer,  Historical  Notes,  p.  60. 


Philip  Jacob  Michael  197 

Inasmuch  as  the  congregations  of  Old  and  New  Goshenhoppen 
as  well  as  some  others  desire  a  minister,  we  have  now  a  good  oppor- 
tunity to  send  them  a  well  tried  teacher,  who  has  done  camp  serv- 
ice with  much  praise  in  a  Swiss  regiment  in  the  service  of  our 
country.  This  gentleman,  who  has  a  wife  and  several  children, 
cannot  decide  to  come  over  to  you  unless  the  congregations  which 
desire  his  services  shall  have  indicated  how  much  they  will  be  able 
to  raise  for  his  yearly  salary  and  how  much  they  are  willing  to  send 
over  for  the  traveling  expenses  of  himself  and  his  family;  to  which 
we  expect  a  speedy  answer. 

When  Coetus  informed  the  Fathers  that  the  sending  of 
traveling  expenses  to  Holland  was  impossible,  the  expected 
minister  from  Holland  did  not  materialize. 

2.  The  Ministry  of  Philip  Jacob  Michael, 
i763-i764(?). 

In  the  opening  statement  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen 
record,  quoted  above,  Mr.  Michael  is  placed  after  Mr. 
Leydich  as  the  next  pastor  at  Goshenhoppen.  This  is 
indirectly  confirmed  by  the  minutes  of  the  Coetus  of  May 
2  to  3,  1764,  which  state: 

Regarding  Goshenhoppen,  we  mention  that  it  is  provisionally 
supplied  with  preaching  by  another  minister,  until  it  shall  be  in  a 
better  condition  to  call  a  regular  pastor. 

The  fact  that  the  name  of  the  minister  is  not  given  is 
rather  surprising.  Was  it  because  Coetus  was  employing 
one  who  was  not  one  of  its  members  and  did  not  want  the 
Fathers  in  Holland  to  know  the  fact?  This  question  sug- 
gests itself  naturally  and  an  affirmative  answer  becomes 
highly  probable,  because  recently  another  letter  has  come 
to  light,  in  which  the  same  state  of  affairs  is  said  to  have 
prevailed  in  another  congregation.  In  January,  1773, 
Simon  Dreisbach,  a  member  of  the  Indian  Creek  congre- 


ipS  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

gation    (now   Stone    Church   in   Northampton    County) 
wrote  to  Rev.  John  Henry  Helffrich  about  his  congrega- 
tion as  follows: 

A  minister  was  promised  us,  as  soon  as  one  should  come  in  [from 
Holland].  Meanwhile  Rev.  Mr.  Leydich  and  Rev.  Michael  were 
to  supply  us  until  a  minister  should  come  in.  Each  of  these  con- 
gregations gave  twelve  pounds  to  the  said  ministers  to  come  to  us 
on  a  week  day,  every  three  weeks,  for  one  year,  which  was  done 
and  our  congregation  got  its  share,  until  several  ministers  came  in 
[Stapel  in  1761  and  Weyberg  in  1762].^" 

In  view  of  these  facts  it  is  highly  probable  that  the  un- 
named supply  of  Goshenhoppen  in  the  Coetus  minutes  of 
1764  was  Philip  Jacob  Michael.  It  was  at  this  same 
meeting  of  Coetus  that  he  asked  for  admission.  Although 
he  was  an  independent  Refonned  minister,  yet  he  did  a 
useful  work,  that  is  well  worthy  of  recognition. 

When  Michael  appeared  before  the  Coetus  in  1764,  he 
is  said  to  have  been  48  years  of  age,  hence  he  was  born  in 
1716.  Rev,  Wm.  A.  Helffrich  states  in  his  "History  of 
Some  Churches  of  Lehigh  and  Berks  Counties,"  "  that  he 
was  a  weaver  by  trade. "^"^^ 

A  Jacob  Michael,  and  the  only  person  of  that  name 
before  1744,  qualified  in  Philadelphia  on  October  14, 
1 73 1,  having  arrived  with  the  ship  Snoiv  Lonther,  Joseph 
Fisher,  master.  We  are  probably  justified  in  identifying 
this  Jacob  Michael  with  the  Reformed  minister,  Philip 
Jacob    Michael.      Inasmuch   as   in    Germany   the   second 

i'^"  This  letter  was  first  quoted  by  Ben.  Trexler  in  his  Skizzen  aus  dem 
Lec/ia  =  Thale,  Allentown,  1886,  p.  107.  More  recently  it  was  again 
brought  to  light  by  Rev.  John  B.  Stoudt  of  Northampton,  Pa.,  and  published 
by  him  in  the  Cement  Neivs  of  Siegfried,  Pa.,  January  30-February  13, 
1914;  also  in  the  Reformed  Cfiurc/i  Revieiv,  April,  1914,  pp.  206-218. 

178  ^ni.  A.  Helffrich,  Geschichte  versc/iiedener  Gemeinden  in  Lecha 
und  Berks  Counties,  etc.,  Allentown,  1891,  pp.  8,  79. 


Churches  of  Michael  199 

Christian  name  serves  as  call  name,  the  first  is  usually 
omitted. 

Mr.  Michael  first  appears  as  minister  in  the  year  1744. 
His  first  field  was  Heidelberg,  Lehigh  County.  Rev. 
Wm.  A.  Hellfrich  says  of  him  in  his  "  History  "  i^'^ 

"In  the  year  1744  a  log  church  was  built  [at  Heidel- 
berg] and  dedicated  by  Philip  J.  Michael."  On  March 
28,  1745,  he  signed  a  contract  drawn  up  by  the  Reformed 
and  Lutheran  congregations,  worshipping  in  that  church. 

In  1750  we  find  him  present  at  the  dedication  of  Ziegel 
church  in  Lehigh  County.  On  July  6,  1750,  he  signed  a 
contract  drawn  by  the  Reformed  and  Lutheran  members 
of  that  church.  At  the  dedication  of  the  church,  July  29, 
1750,  Michael  preached  the  first  sermon  and  was  the  first 
pastor  of  the  congregation. 

In  the  same  year,  1750,  the  first  church  building  of 
Jacobs  church,  in  Jacksonville,  Lynn  township,  was  erected. 
Here  again  Michael  officiated  at  the  dedication  of  the 
church  and  was  elected  as  the  first  pastor  of  the  congre- 
gation.^^^ 

Two  years  later  we  meet  him  at  Longswamp,  in  Berks 
County.  Of  this  Jacob  Weimer,  the  schoolmaster  of  the 
congregation,  reports  in  the  old  church  record : 

After  this  work  [the  building  of  the  church]  had  been  com- 
pleted to  the  honor  of  God  and  for  their  own  salvation,  they  ac- 
cepted the  honored  Mr.  Frederick  Casimir  Miller  for  the  purpose 
of  dedicating  this  church  and  accepted  him  as  their  preacher,  who 
served  them  for  some  time.  But  when  he  left  them,  they  looked 
for  another  shepherd  and  accepted  the  honored  Mr.  Philip  Jacob 
Michael  as  their  minister.  During  his  and  the  preceding  pastor's 
mmistry,  Fridrich  Holwig  has  acted  as  cantor  and  precentor  until 
the  present  time  when  this  was  written. 

^'" /-.  f.,  p.  32. 

ISO/,.    C,   p.    S3. 


200  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

The  ministry  of  Michael  at  Longswamp  extended  prob- 
ably from  1752-1753. 

In  1753  Michael  appears  in  Reading,  where  he  bap- 
tized a  number  of  Reformed  children.  Curiously  enough 
the  baptisms  are  entered  into  the  Lutheran  record,  possibly 
because  the  parents  became  later  members  of  the  Lutheran 
church.  The  last  baptism  of  Michael  at  Reading  took 
place  on  November  10,  1754.^®^ 

In  1 76 1  Michael  dedicated  the  first  church  of  the  Ebe- 
nezer  congregation,  also  called  "  Organ  Church,"  in  Lynn 
township,  Lehigh  County,  and  acted  as  its  pastor  from 
1760  to  1770. 

In  1 76 1  Michael  began  his  ministry  also  in  the  Weisen- 
berg  congregation,  in  Weisenberg  township,  Lehigh 
County.  He  served  that  congregation  until  the  middle  of 
the  seventies,  or  about  1775.^^^ 

During  the  same  time,  from  about  1759  till  1770,  he 
was  pastor  at  Maxatawny,  Berks  County,  now  De  Long's 
Church,  at  Bowers.  In  October,  1771,  the  minutes  of 
Coetus  report  Maxatawny,  "  formerly  served  by  Do. 
Michael,"  as  vacant  for  some  time  and  appealing  to  Coetus 
for  a  minister. 

In  1764  Mr.  Michael  appeared  before  Coetus.  The 
minutes  state : 

Philip  Jacob  Michael  appeared  with  an  earnest  petition  that  he 
might  be  admitted  as  a  member  of  Coetus.  His  credentials,  from 
far  and  near  show  that,  according  to  the  rules  of  our  Reformed 
Church,  he  has  been  faithful  in  doctrine,  life  and  conduct  for  four- 

^81  Daniel  Miller,  History  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  Reading,  Pa., 
Reading,  1905,  p.  12.  A  sketch  of  Michael's  life  is  given  there  by  the 
writer,  pp.  13-15. 

182  For  Michael's  work  in  these  two  churches  see  Hclffrich's  Gcschichte, 
PP-  47-  39-41- 


Michael  before  Coetus  201 

teen  years  [  1 750-1 764]  and  constantly  served  the  same  congrega- 
tions in  Maxatawny  and  therefore,  he  does  not  deserve  the  name 
of  an  adventurer  or  Moravian.  He  showed  that  twelve  years  ago 
[1752]  Mr.  Schlatter  would  not  recognize  or  admit  him  because 
of  unfounded  reasons.  Wherefore  he  would  not  apply  again, 
although  he  labored  continually  in  harmony  with  us.^^^  We  can 
state  this  all  the  more  readily,  because  all  his  congregations  are 
well  known  to  us  and  we  know  how  he  has  unweariedly  aimed  for 
this  end,  and  even  now,  in  he  48th  year  of  his  age,  he  supplies 
with  the  greatest  zeal  twelve  congregations.  This  earnest  request 
and  petition  we  could  not  refuse.  But  since  he  has  not  been  or- 
dained, according  to  the  order  of  our  church,  we  herewith  request 
permission,  and  proper  authority  from  the  Reverend  Synods  to 
ordain  him.  And  as  several  of  our  number  have  heard  him  preach, 
and  in  his  ministrations  all  is  clearly  in  accordance  with  the  Re- 
formed church-order  in  doctrine  and  life,  we  expect  that  our  re- 
quest will  not  be  in  vain,  so  that  we  may  thus  be  strengthened,  by 
bringing  under  our  control  the  congregations  which  he  is  serving, 
and  comply  with  his  reasonable  request.  We  would  not  put  our 
pen  to  this  were  we  not  convinced  that  it  would  be  of  advantage 
to  us,  and  of  greater  profit  to  his  congregations.  We  expect  at  tlie 
earliest  opportunity  a  favorable  reply  from  the  Reverend  Synods. 

In  spite  of  this  earnest  plea  the  Holland  Fathers  re- 
fused to  consent  to  his  ordination  in  Pennsylvania,  but 
demanded  that  he  should  come  to  Holland.  That  was  of 
course  impossible.  Hence  he  did  not  press  his  request. 
The  minutes  of  1765  state: 

We  shall  leave  Mr.  Michael  to  himself,  and  say  nothing  further 
about  him,  because  the  Reverend  Fathers  seem  much  disinclined  to 
grant  our  request,  and  he  being  aged  does  not  press  his  case,  and 
his  congregations  are  satisfied  with  him  without  ordination. 

issTjjjs  statement  supports  our  contention,  p.  198,  that  Coetus  appointed 
Michael  to  supply  Goshenhoppen  in  1764. 


202  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

In  1769  Michael  founded  the  Lowhill  congregation,  in 
Lehigh  County.  On  September  3,  1769,  the  first  church 
was  dedicated  by  him  and  he  served  as  pastor  of  this  con- 
gregation from  1769  to  1772.^^^ 

In  the  same  year  he  also  founded  Michael's  Church 
(named  after  him)  in  Upper  Berne  township,  Berks 
County. 

When  the  War  of  the  Revolution  broke  out  Michael 
resigned  his  churches.  On  May  17,  1777,  he  was  ap- 
pointed as  chaplain  of  the  first  battalion  of  the  Berks 
County  militia. ^^^ 

After  the  war  he  again  entered  upon  his  duties  as  pastor 
at  Longswamp.  There  he  had  served  a  second  pastorate 
from  1762  to  1774.  His  last  baptism  was  on  October 
^3)  1774-  A  third  pastorate  began  there  in  January, 
178 1,  and  ended  sometime  in  1785.  A  baptism  on  De- 
cember 25,  1785,  was  probably  performed  by  Heinrich 
Hertzel,  his  successor.  His  will  is  dated  May  6,  1786, 
and  was  probated  at  Reading,  June  17,  1786.^^®  Between 
these  two  dates  he  must  have  died.  His  will  shows  that 
he  was  the  owner  of  94  acres  of  land,  situated  partly  in 
Rockland  and  partly  in  Longswamp  township.  He  left 
to  survive  him  a  widow  and  five  children. 

The  last  will  and  testament  of  Mr.  Michael  is  an  in- 
teresting document,  which  deserves  preservation.  It  reads 
as  follows: 

"<  Helffrich,  Geschichte,  p.  43. 

^^^  Pennsyl'vania  Archives,  2d  Series,  Vol.  XIV^,  p.  257.  The  name  given 
there  is  Jacob  Michael,  but  that  is  in  perfect  harmony  with  German  custom, 
which  uses  the  second  Christian  name  as  a  call  name,  dropping  the  first 
entirely. 

^^^  Pennsylvania  German,  Vol.  VIII,  p.  191. 


Last  mil  of  Michael  203 

Last  Will  and  Testament  of  the  Rev.  Philip  Jacob 
Michael,  May  6,  1786. 

(Register  of  Wills  Office,  Reading,  Pa.) 
In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  Philip  Jacob  Michael,  of  Rock- 
land township,  m  the  County  of  Berks  and  State  of  Pennsylvania 
Minister  of  the  Gospel,  Being  of  an  old  age  and  weak  and  sick  in 
Body,  but  of  a  Good  and  Sound  mind,  memory  and  understanding 
Thanks  be  to  Almighty  God,  and  Calling  in  mind  the  Mortality 
of  my  Body,  I  being  willing  to  make  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment, In  manner  and  form  following: 

First  of  all,  I  recommend  my  Immortal  Soul  into  the  Hands  of 
Almighty  God,  through  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ,  our  Precious 
Lord  and  Saviour,  and  my  Body  to  be  Buried  in  a  Christian  like 
decent  manner,  at  the  Direction  of  my  Dear  Wife  Sara. 

It  is  my  will  and  I  do  Order  that  my  said  Dear  Wife  Sara  shall 
hold  and  Enjoy  free  and  Clear  Dwelling  abode  in  my  Present 
Dwelling  house,  undisturbed  and  unmolested  During  her  Natural 
Life,  if  she  remains  a  Widow,  and  also  such  Proper  Pieces  of 
Ground  and  of  the  Garden  as  she  will  Properly  want  to  and  for 
her  use  near  the  said  dwelling  abode.  And  so  much  of  my  mova- 
ble Estate  as  will  be  Necessary  to  and  for  her  use  in  housekeeping 
and  so  much  Income  of  my  Estate  that  will  Properly  be  sufficient 
to  and  for  her  Livelihood,  support  and  maintenance  during  her 
natural  life,  if  she  remains  a  Widow  aforesaid,  But  in  case  she 
should  Marry  again,  all  aforementioned  shall  be  disallowed  unto 
her  and  she  shall  then  receive  nothing  out  of  my  Estate. 

It  is  my  will  that  all  my  Messuages  or  Tenements  and  Lands  I  hold 
and  possess,  situate  Partly  in  Rockland  and  Part  in  Longswamp 
Township,  in  the  County  of  Berks  aforesaid,  Consisting  in  two  Parts 
Containing  in  the  Whole  Ninety-four  Acres  of  Land,  or  there- 
abouts, be  the  same  more  or  less,  Shall  after  mv  decease  within 
the  time  of  one  Year,  be  appraised  by  three  honest,  reputable  free- 
holders at  a  Reasonable  rate  and  value  thereof,  and  such  Proper 


204  History  of  the  Goshenhoppeu   Charge 

Terms  as  may  seem  meet,  having  Regard  to  such  Reservations  for 
my  Dear  Wife  aforesaid,  And  it  is  my  -wiW  That  then  my  oldest 
son  John  Michael  shall  have  the  first  Choice  to  hold  and  Enjoy 
for  him,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever  my  said  Real-Estate,  with 
all  and  every  the  appurtenances,  at  and  for  said  sum,  as  the  same 
will  be  appraised  aforesaid.  And  in  Case  he  should  not  except  [ !] 
thereof,  then  It  is  my  will  that  my  son  Moses  Michael  shall  have 
the  next  choice  for  him,  his  Heirs  and  assigns  forever  as  aforesaid. 
And  in  case  he  would  not  except  thereof,  then  it  is  my  Will  that 
it  shall  come  to  the  choice  of  my  son  Philip  ^lichael,  to  have  and 
to  hold  the  same  unto  him,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever  as  afore- 
said. Provided  that  such  of  my  said  three  Sons  aforenamed,  who 
shall  or  will  hold  my  said  Real  Estate  as  aforesaid,  shall  out  of 
such  appraised  valuation  Pay  all  my  just  Debts  and  then  the  Re- 
mainder sum  It  is  my  will  shall  be  equally  divided  to  and  among 
all  my  Children,  to  wit,  John  Michael,  Moses  Michael,  Philip 
Michael,  William  Michael,  And  Sara  Michael,  share  and  share 
alike. 

Item.  It  is  my  will  that  such  of  my  Sons  aforesaid  as  will 
hold  my  Real  Estate  aforesaid,  Shall  also  hold  my  Wagon,  Horses 
&  Mares,  with  the  Geers,  Ploughs  and  Harrows  and  the  Stock  of 
Horned  Cattle  by  the  Appraisement,  if  he  Chooses,  and  It  is  my 
will  that  my  said  five  children  shall  have  due  regard  for  their  said 
Mother,  after  my  decease,  and  for  her  Livelihood,  Support  and 
Maintenance  as  herein  aforesaid,  And  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto 
them  my  said  five  above  named  Children  (observing  my  directions 
aforesaid)  Equal  shares  and  Portions,  Share  and  Share  alike  of  my 
whole  Estate,  And  I  do  hereby  ordain.  Constitute  and  appoint  my 
Trusty  Friend  Paul  Grosscup,  Esq.  to  be  the  Executor  of  this  my 
Last  Will  and  Testament,  and  I  do  hereby  revoke  and  make  void 
all  former  wills  and  testaments  by  me  made.  Hereby  Ratifying 
and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament. 

In   Witness  Whereof   I,  the  said   Philip  Jacob   Michael,   have 


Philip  Jacob  Michael 
(seal) 


Jacob  Riess  205 

orouT  LoTd  O   ""rf  ^"'/f  ^'^  ^'^^'  '''  ''  ^^^'  I"  ^h^  Year 
of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Efghty-sfx. 

Signed,    sealed   pronounced    and   ^ 
declared  by  the  said  testator  as  his    | 
last  will  and  testament  in  the  pres- 
ence of  us,  who  at  his  request  have 
hereunto  set  our  names  as  witnesses 
to  the  same. 

Henry  Hoffman 

George  Bower 

Register  of  Wills  Office,  Reading,  Berks  County,  June  17,  1786. 

Personally  appeared  Henry  Hoffman  &  George  Bower  witnesses 
to  the  above  written  will  and  upon  their  oaths  did  severally  Depose 
and  say  that  they  were  present  and  did  see  and  Hear  Philip  Jacob 
Michael,  the  Testator  therein  named,  sign  seal  pronounce,  Pub- 
lish and  Declare  the  above  Writing  to  be  his  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment, and  that  at  the  time  of  Doing  thereof,  he  was  of  sound  mind 
memory  and  understanding,  as  they  verily  believe,  and  further  that 
the  names  of  said  Deponents  by  them  respectively  subscribed  there- 
unto as  Witnesses,  are  each  of  his  own  handwriting,  done  in  the 
presence  of  each  other  at  the  request  and  in  the  presence  of  the  said 
1  estator. 

^"'^"^  "'^  Henry  Christ,  Register. 

His  ministry  at  Goshenhoppen  probably  did  not  last 
longer  than  a  year.  In  1765  a  new  minister  had  come 
into  the  diarge. 

3.  Ministry  of  Jacob  Riess,  1765-1766. 
The  next  minister  of  Goshenhoppen  is  introduced  to  us 
by  the  Coetus  mmutes  of  May  8  to  9,  1765.     Here  we 
read : 

Goshenhoppen,  about  which  j-our  Reverences  inquire,  has  taken 
an  old,  ordinary  man,  a  shoemaker  [Jacob  Riess]  for  their  mimV 


2o6  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

ter,  because  we  could  not  provide  the  members  with  some  one  to 
their  satisfaction. 

Not  much  is  known  about  Jacob  Riess.  It  Is  probable 
that  he  is  identical  with  Johan  Jacob  Riess,  who  on  Sep- 
tember 24,  1742,  qualified  at  Philadelphia. 

We  first  find  Riess  as  minister  at  Tohickon.  There  he 
opened  the  first  church  record  in  1749 : 

Church  Record  for  the  Reformed  Congregation  on  the  Tohickon 
in  Bedminster  township,  in  which  I  have  recorded  those  children 
which  I,  Jacob  Riess,  have  baptized  as  Reformed  preacher  from 
the  year  1749. 

The  first  baptism  was  entered  by  him  on  August  27, 
1749,  the  last  on  March  28,  1756. 

At  Indian  Field,  Bucks  County,  Jacob  Riess  opened  the 
first  record  on  June  3,  1753.  The  first  baptism  recorded 
by  him  took  place  on  July  14,  1754.  From  that  date  till 
August  II,  1766,  he  entered  nearly  250  baptisms  Into  the 
Indian  Field  record. 

At  Springfield,  Bucks  County,  Jacob  Riess  opened  the 
church  record  on  August  24,  1760.  From  that  date  till 
December  18,  1763,  he  entered  forty-seven  baptisms  into 
that  record. 

At  New  Goshenhoppen  Riess  began  the  second  record 
book,  but  the  exact  time  cannot  be  determined.  The  bap- 
tisms are  entered  by  families  and  he  evidently  made  it  a 
point  to  enter  all  the  children  of  the  families  in  which  he 
performed  any  baptisms.  Thus  of  the  Cunius  family  he 
probably  baptized  himself  only  the  last  child,  bom  on 
October  7,  1765.  The  children  born  before  July,  1761, 
were  baptized  by  Mr.  Weiss.  Some  of  them  are  actually 
found  in  the  first  volume.     His  last  baptism  at  New  Gosh- 


Riess  at  Goshenhoppen  207 

enhoppen  was  that  of  two  negroes,  father  and  son,  brought 
to  baptism  by  Thomas  Mabry  on  January  26,  1766. 

The  elders  at  New  Goshenhoppen  during  the  ministry 
of  Mr.  Riess  were  Johann  Ehrhart  Weiss  and  Michael 
Moll,  the  deacons  Ulrich  Greber  and  Peter  Hillegas. 

At  Old  Goshenhoppen  the  oldest  record  book,  now  in 
possession  of  the  congregation,  was  also  begun  by  Mr. 
Riess.  Here  again  earlier  baptisms  were  entered  by  him. 
The  first  baptism  which  he  himself  may  have  performed  is 
dated  June  5,  1764,  although  the  baptism  which  is  actually 
placed  first  took  place  on  January  22,  1765. 

The  elders  during  his  ministry  at  Old  Goshenhoppen 
were  Jacob  Hauck  and  Johannes  Goetz,  the  deacons  Isaac 
Sumne  and  Andreas  Ohl. 

It  may  be  that  David  Schultz  had  this  minister  in  mind 
when  he  wrote,  on  February  3,  1776,  to  Daniel  Rundle: 

Anno  1 761  in  August,  their  said  minister,  Geo.  Michael  Weiss 
died,  and  though  the  said  congregation  got  another  in  his  stead, 
yet  out  of  compassion  to  the  deceased's  widow,  allowed  her  to  live 
on  the  land  with  her  negro  family,  and  left  her  the  full  use  thereof 
without  demanding  a  penny  rent  of  her  for  it.  They  rented 
another  house  for  their  new  accepted  minister  to  live  in,  until  the 
year  1765,  June  2nd,  the  said  relict  widow  Anna  Weiss,  died  also, 
having  no  children,  only  her  said  negro  family,  he  died  without  a 
will,  but  she  made  a  will,  whereupon  she  gave  all  her  estate  to  the 
said  negro  family  and  also  her  right  to  the  improvements,  if  any 
she  had.^®^ 

The  last  baptism  by  Jacob  Riess  at  Old  Goshenhoppen 
took  place  on  March  15,  1766.  After  that  he  disap- 
peared. His  tomb  is  in  the  graveyard  adjoining  the  To- 
hickon  church.  His  tombstone  bears  the  following  in- 
scription : 

1ST  ggg  above,  p.  i86. 


2o8  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Jacob  Riess 

Gewesener  Reformirter  Predlger 
Geboren  den  lo.  April  1706. 
Gestorben  den  23.  December  1774. 

The  minutes  of  the  Coetus,  held  September  3  to  4,  1766, 
at  Reading,  inform  us  that 

Old  and  New  Goshenhoppen,  as  well  as  Great  Swamp  have  dis- 
missed their  shoemaker,  Ries  by  name.  They  earnestly  request 
that  we  provide  them  with  a  minister.  Resolved  that  they  be 
taken  under  the  care  of  Coetus,  and  that  they  shall  have  one  of  the 
first  new  ministers. 

At  Great  Swamp  Riess  has  left  no  traces,  but  the  above 
extract  shows  that  he  preached  there  as  well  as  In  the  two 
Goshenhoppen  churches.  But  while  at  Goshenhoppen 
Riess  was  preceded  by  Michael  and  Leydich,  this  does  not 
seem  to  have  been  the  case  at  Great  Swamp.  Tradition 
as  well  as  direct  evidence  point  to  another  pastor  at  Great 
Swamp,  filling  out  the  interval  between  the  death  of  Weiss 
and  the  coming  of  Riess  into  the  field.  It  was  the  Rev. 
John  Rudolph  Kittweiler. 

4.  Ministry  of  John  Rudolph  Kittweiler  at  Great 
Swamp,  i 762-1 764. 

On  September  28,  1749,  Hans  Rudolph  Kittweiler  ap- 
pears as  one  of  242  immigrants,  brought  to  Philadelphia 
in  the  ship  Ann,  John  Spurrier,  master.  The  immigrants 
are  described  as  "  foreigners  from  Basel,  Wirtemberg, 
Zweibriicken  and  Darmstadt. "^^^  Kittweiler  belonged  to 
the  first  group,  for  later  he  was  known  in  his  congregations 
as  the  "  Schweitzer  Pfarrer." 

According  to  recent  investigations,  carried  on  at  the 

^ss  Rupp,  Thirty  Thousand  Names,  p.  214. 


John  Rudolph  Kittweiler  209 

vVe  Ir  wTh     f"^  "i^T''''  "J"''^""   ^'"'o'f  Kind- 
7r      ,  K™  7  '^'"''"^'"  '^  ""=  °"^  ~"""°"Iy  used 

at  Basel)  was  born  (or  perhaps  baptized,  which  took  place 
at  the  latest  eight  days  after  birth)  on  May  26,  17 16  at 
Basel,  as  son  of  Hans  Jacob  Kindweiler  and  his  w-ife 
Catherine,  nee  Sporlin.    This  baptism,  together  with  that 

othetF?  ;:'''""'  "  '"''"''  '"'^  "^^  church  record 
ot  the  it.  Jilizabeth  congregation  in  Basel. 

.,  I-*"/'  '■'  "»  '"'^^""  that  Hans  Rudolph  Kindweiler 
studied  m  the  University  of  Basel  or  was  an  ordained  min- 
ister  in  Basel,  as  is  stated  by  Rev.  William  A.  Helffrich  "» 
i-rom  documents  in  the  state  archives  at  Basel  it  appears 
that  in  the  year  1749  three  hundred  persons  emigrated  to 
Pennsylvania  from  villages,  then  belonging  to  the  terri- 

t7  t      ,  T.°^  ^'''-     "^^'  ""'  °f  -'^h  emigrations 
from  Basel  had  taken  place  in   1738.     When  the  new 

movement  began  in  .749,  the  government  wanted  to  know 

what  induced  the  people  to  leave.     They  gave  poverty  as 

the  reason  of  their  desire  to  leave  for  Pennsylvania 

Ihe  name  Kmdweiler  does  not  appear  in  the  lists  of 

emigrants  at  Basel,  probably  because  he  was  a  free  citizen 

ot  basel.     But  when  they  arrived  in  Philadelphia,  we  find 

him  as  one  of  a  company  of  Swiss  emigrants. 

Mr.   Kindweiler   (or  Kittweiler  as  he  was  known  in 

Pennsylvania)  appears  first  as  pastor  of  the  Weisenber^ 

congregation    in  the  northwestern  comer  of  Weisenberg 

township,  Lehigh  County,  where  he  organized  the  congret 

gation  and  was  present  at  the  dedication  of  the  first  church 

■•'The  following  facts  were  communica.ed  la  the  writer  by  Mr    Fr 

^^^  Helffrich,  Geschichte,  p.  26. 


15 


2IO  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

in  1754.     Rev.  Wm.  Helffrich  gives  the  following  account 
of  these  events  in  his  "History":'*^ 

The  organization  of  the  congregation  took  place  about  the  j'ear 
1747.  Divine  services  were  held  in  private  houses  as  elsewhere. 
From  1749  that  was  done  by  Rev.  Kitenweiler,  who  was  known 
as  the  "  Swiss  Preacher "  and  resided  within  the  congregation. 
John  Holben  is  named  as  an  elder  of  the  congregation  at  that  time. 
The  building  of  the  first  church  took  place  in  June  1754.  The 
church  was,  as  everywhere  else  at  that  time,  a  log  church ;  but  it 
was  built  better  than  others.  ...  As  the  Rev.  Daniel  Schumacher 
testifies,  the  church  was  dedicated  by  Rudolph  Kitweiler  and  Jacob 
Frederick  Schertlein,  the  first  pastors  of  the  congregation.  .  .  . 
Both  preachers,  Kitweiler  and  Schertlein,  were  ordained  ministers. 

He  was  pastor  of  the  Weisenberg  church  till  about 
176 1,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Philip  Jacob  Michael. 

Kittweiler  also  appears  at  Longswamp.  The  church 
record  there  informs  us  that  "  when  the  above  mentioned 
preacher  [Michael]  had  made  his  farewell,  they  accepted, 
about  the  middle  of  May,  1754,  Mr.  Rudolph  Kiden- 
weiler,  who  preached  7  ^  years  to  the  congregation. 
When  he  could  not  gain  his  purpose,  he  left  the  congre- 
gation defiantly."  That  must  have  been  about  the  close 
of  the  year  1760. 

In  1759  Kittweiler  was  present  at  the  dedication  of  the 

Eastern  Salisbury  Church,  also  called  "  Die  Morgenland 

Kirche,"  Lehigh  County.     The  Rev.  Daniel  Schumacher, 

first  Lutheran  pastor  of  the  congregation,  has  preserved 

the   following   record  of  it   in  the   old   Lutheran  church 
book:^»2 

191  L.  c,  p.  39. 

^^^  Hallesclie  Nachr'ichten,  new  ed.,  Vol.  I,  p.  593;  and  ''  History  of  the 

Jerusalem    Church.    Eastern    Salisbury,"    in  Proceedings    of    the    Lehigh 

County  Historical  Society,  Vol.  II    (1910),  p.  72. 


Tombstone  of  Kittzveilej-  211 

The  Christian  Evangelical  Lutherans  and  Reformed,  both  ad- 
hering to  the  Protestant  religion,  have  together  erected  a  church 
in  Salzburg  township  in  Northampton  County,  in  the  year  of  the 
Lord  1759.  This  church  was  built  after  the  Indians  had  again 
ceased  to  burn  and  kill  in  this  neighborhood,  and  by  poor  people 
only,  who  were,  however,  assisted  by  their  brethren  with  small 
contributions. 

The  first  preacher  on  the  part  of  the  Reformed  congregation,  at 
the  dedication  of  this  new  church,  was  the  Rev.  Rudolph  Kid- 
weiler,  popularly  known  as  the  Swiss  preacher. 

How  long  Kittweiler  served  this  congregation  is  not 
known. 

The  time  when  Kittweiler  came  to  Great  Swamp  cannot 
be  determined  definitely,  but  it  was  probably  some  time 
after  the  death  of  Weiss,  that  is,  about  the  year  1762. 
The  evidence  of  his  presence  at  Great  Swamp  consists  of 
an  entry  in  the  Great  Swamp  account  book  and  of  his 
tombstone  in  the  graveyard  near  the  church.  The  inscrip- 
tion on  the  tomb  reads  as  follows : 

HIER  LIEGT  BEGRABEN 

DER  GEWESENE  REFORMIRTE  PREDIGER 

JOHANN  RUDOLPH  KITWEILER 

SEIN  ALTER  WAR  47  JAHR  9  MONAT 
1ST  GEBOREN  DEN  2  JANUAR  1717 
GESTORBEN   DEN   2   OCTOBER    1 764. 

The  entry  in  the  account  book,  made  March  31,  1766, 
states : 

Of  the  above  mentioned  money  of  Ulrich  Spinner  there  was  paid 
to  the  wife  [widow]  of  Rev,  Rudolph  Gittenweiler  £1.0.6. 

It  is  probable  that  during  the  pastorate  of  Kittweiler 
the  Great  Swamp  Church  secured  a  deed  for  its  land. 
Although  printed  before,  this  document  is  important 
enough  to  be  given  a  place  here.     It  reads  as  follows  :'^^ 

193  First  printed  in  Dr.  Weiser's  Monograph,  pp.  42-4.6. 


212  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Patent  of  Great  Swamp  Church  Land,  December  i6,  1762. 

Thomas  Penn  and  Richard  Penn,  Esquires,  true  and  absolute 
Proprietors  and  Governors  in  Chief  of  the  Province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Counties  of  Newcastle,  Kent  and  Sussex  on  Delaware, 
To  all,  unto  whom  these  Presents  shall  come.  Greeting:  Whereas 
in  pursuance  of  Warrants  under  seal  of  our  Land  Office,  dated  the 
twenty  third  day  of  May,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty 
eight,  there  was  surveyed  on  the  twenty  seventh  day  of  September, 
following,  unto  Michael  and  Joseph  Everhart  a  certain  Tract  of 
Land  situate  in  Upper  Milford  Township,  form.erly  in  the  County 
of  Bucks,  now  Northampton,  Beginning  at  a  marked  white  oak, 
a  corner  of  the  said  Michael  and  Joseph  Everhard's  Lands,  thence 
by  Land  of  Bartle  Hornberier  South- West  one  hundred  and  thirty 
perches  to  a  post,  Thence  by  Land  of  Lawrence  Erb  North  West 
one  hundred  and  forty  eight  perches  to  a  post,  thence  by  Land  of 
Felix  Brunner  North-East  one  hundred  and  thirty  perches  to  a 
stone  in  a  line  of  the  said  Joseph  Everhard's  Land,  thence  by  the 
same  South-East  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  perches  to  the  place 
of  Beginning,  containing  one  hundred  and  thirteen  acres  and  sev- 
enty perches  and  the  usual  allowance  of  six  Acres  per  cent  for 
Roads  and  Highways,  as  in  and  by  the  said  Warrant  and  Survey 
remaining  in  the  Surveyor  General's  Office  and  from  thence  certi- 
fied into  our  Secretarj^'s  Office  more  fully  appears,  And  Whereas 
the  said  Warrant  was  granted  and  the  said  Tract  surveyed  thereon 
at  the  instance  and  request  and  by  the  direction  and  at  the  proper 
cost  and  charges  of  the  Minister,  Elders  and  Congregation  of  the 
reformed  Calvinist  Society  settled  in  Upper  Milford  aforesaid  and 
adjacent  Township  of  Lower  Milford,  who  have  now  humbly  be- 
sought us  to  grant  unto  the  said  Michael  Everhard  and  to  Joseph 
Everhard,  the  son  of  the  said  first  Joseph  Everhard,  who  is  since 
lately  deceased,  in  Fee  the  said  described  Tract  of  Land  in  Trust 
for  the  Minister,  Elders  and  Congregation  for  the  time  being  of 
the  said  reformed  Calvinist  and  their  Successors  settled  and  to  be 
settled  from  time  to  time  in  the  said  Two  several  Townships  of 
Upper   and    Lower   Milford    the   said   congregation   having   now 


Patent  of  Great  Swamp  Land  213 

erected  on  the  said  Tract  a  Church  and  School  House  for  the  use 
of  them  and  their  successors.  And  we  favoring  their  request. 
Now  know  ye  that  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  seventeen 
pounds  eleven  shillings  and  seven  pence  lawful  money  of  Pennsyl- 
vania to  our  use  paid  being  the  money  of  the  said  congregation  by 
the  said  Michael  Everhard  and  Joseph  Everhard  their  heirs  and 
assigns,  the  Receipt  whereof  we  hereby  acknowledge  and  thereof 
do  acquit  and  forever  discharge  the  Michael  Everhard  and  Joseph 
Everhard  their  heirs  and  assigns  by  these  Presents  and  of  the  yearly 
Quit  Rent  hereinafter  mentioned  and  reserved.  We  have  given 
granted  released  confirmed  and  by  these  Presents  for  us  our  Heirs 
and  Successors  as  give  grant  release  and  confirm  unto  the  said 
Michael  Everhard  and  Joseph  Everhard  their  Heirs  and  Assigns 
the  said  one  hundred  and  thirteen  acres  and  seventeen  perches  of 
Land  as  the  same  as  now  set  forth,  bounded  and  limited  as  afore- 
said. With  all  Mines  Minerals  Quarries  Meadows  Marshes  Sa- 
vannahs Swamps  Cripples  Woods  Underwoods  Timber  and  Trees 
Ways  Waters  Water  Courses  Liberties  Profits  Commodities  Ad- 
vantages Hereditaments  and  appurtenances  whatsoever  thereunto 
belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining  and  lying  within  the  bounds 
and  limits  aforesaid.  Three  full  and  clear  fifth  parts  of  all  Royal 
Mines  free  from  all  deductions  and  Reprisals  for  digging  and  refin- 
ing the  same  and  also  one-fifth  part  of  the  ore  of  all  other  mines 
delivered  at  the  pitts-mouth  only  excepted  and  hereby  reserved  and 
also  free  leave  right  and  liberty  to  and  for  the  said  Michael  Ever- 
hard  and  Joseph  Everhard,  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  to  Hawk  Hunt 
Fish  and  shoot  in  and  upon  the  hereby  granted  Land  and  Premises 
or  upon  any  part  thereof.  To  have  and  to  hold  the  said  one  hun- 
dred and  thirteen  Acres  and  seventy  Perches  of  Land  and  Premises 
hereby  granted  (except  as  before  excepted)  with  their  appur-' 
tenances  unto  the  said  Michael  Everhard  and  Joseph  Everhard" 
their  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever.  In  trust  nevertheless  and  fo' 
the  use  of  the  Minister  Elders  and  Congregation  for  the  time  bein 
of  the  said  reformed  Calvinist  Society  and  their  Successors  settl 
and  to  be  settled  from  time  to  time  in  the  said  two  several  To\-=*cr's 
ships  of  Upper  and  Lower  Milford  and  to  and  for  no  other  u? 


214  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

purpose  whatsoever  to  be  holden  of  us  our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
Proprietaries  of  Pennsylvania  as  of  our  Manor  of  Tamor  in  the 
County  of  Northampton  aforesaid  in  free  and  common  Socage  by 
Fealty  only  in  lieu  of  all  other  services.  Yielding  axd  paying 
thereof  Yearly  unto  our  Heirs  and  Successors  at  the  Town  of  Easton 
in  the  County  aforesaid  at  or  upon  the  first  day  of  March  in  ever\" 
year  from  the  first  day  of  Marsh  last  one-half  Penny  sterling  for 
every  acre  of  the  same  or  value  thereof  in  coin  current  according  as 
the  exchange  shall  then  be  between  our  said  Province  and  the  City 
of  London  to  such  Person  or  Persons  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be 
appointed  to  receive  the  same  and  in  case  of  non-payment  thereof 
within  ninety  daj's  next  after  the  same  shall  become  due  then  it 
shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  us  our  Heirs  and  Successors  our  and 
their  receiver  or  receivers  unto  and  upon  hereby  granted  Land  and 
Premises  To-Re-enter  and  the  same  to  hold  Possess  until  the  said 
quit-rent  and  all  arrears  thereof  together  with  the  charges  accruing 
by  means  of  such  non-payment  and  Re-entry  be  fully  paid  and  dis- 
charged. 

Witness  James  Hamilton  Esquire  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the 
said  Province,  who  by  virtue  of  certain  powers  and  authorities  to 
him  for  this  purpose  (inter  alia)  granted  by  the  said  Proprietaries 
hath  hereunto  set  his  Hand  and  caused  the  Great  Seal  of  the  said 
Province  to  be  hereunto  Affixed  at  Philadelphia  this  sixteenth  day 
of  December  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  sixty  two.  The  Third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  George 
the  Third  over  Great  Britain. 


CHAPTER    VIIL 

Ministry  of  Rev.  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr., 
1766-1779. 

AFTER  four  years  of  supplies,  the  congrega- 
tions were  again  provided  with  a  regular 
pastor  in  the  fall  of  1 766.  It  was  the  Rev. 
John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr. 

He  was  born  February  13,  1739,  at  Zo- 

zenheim,  south  of  Bingen,  at  one  time  in  the 

l^alatinate,  but  now  in  the  archduchy  of  Hesse      He  ma- 

triculated  at  Heidelberg  University,  February  5,  1760,  as 

student  of  philosophy  and  theology. 

His  examination  as  candidate  for  the  ministry  took  place 
at  Heidelberg  on  April  20,  1763.  Three  years  later  he 
left  the  Palatinate  for  Holland.  At  his  departure  he  re- 
quested and  secured  the  following  certificate  r^^^ 

Inasmuch  as  the  Consistory  of  the  Electoral  Palatinate  has 
learned  with  special  pleasure  that  the  Palatine  Candidate  for  the 
Ministry,  Faber  of  Zotzenheim,  according  to  the  commission  given 
to  h,m,  intends  to  go  to  America  as  minister,  therefore  his  petition 
made  to  us  yesterday,  namely  that  his  eventual  return  to  his  father- 

Ml^^tZt  '"'  '^  ''""'  "■"'  """'  "'^'"°'^'  '"  ""''  "^^'^"'^ 

215 


2i6  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

land  might  not  be  forbidden  to  him,  is  hereby  not  only  granted, 
but  on  the  contrary  in  such  a  case  special  regard  shall  be  given  to 
his  advancement.     In  w^itness  whereof  the  large  seal  of  the  Con- 
sistory's Chancery  and  the  usual  signatures  have  been  affixed. 
Heidelberg,  the  28th  of  April  1766. 

Consistory  of  the  Electorate  Palatinate 

J.  W.  F.  Hads,  Antz. 
Seal  of  the 
{seal} 
Reformed  Consistory  of  the  Palatinate. 

On  June  27,  John  Theobald  Faber,  John  George  Wltt- 
ner,  another  candidate  from  Bellheim  in  the  Palatinate, 
and  Carolus  Lange,  a  third  candidate,  from  Innsbruck, 
Tyrol,  appeared  before  the  deputies,  were  examined  and 
received  their  commissions  and  250  fl.  each  as  traveling 
expenses  to  America.  Their  ship  left  Rotterdam  for  New 
York  on  July  10,  1766.  They  arrived  in  Pennsylvania  in 
September,  1766. 

Shortly  after  their  arrival.  Rev.  John  George  Alsentz 
of  Germantown  wrote  Mr.  Faber  the  following  letter:'^' 

Letter  of  Alsentz  to  Faber,  September  19,  1766. 

Germantown,  the  19th  of 
September  1766. 
Very  Reverend 

and  much  esteemed  Sir! 

*  My  heart  is  full  of  thanks  to  the  faithful  Father  for  His 

gracious  guidance  of  your  Reverence  and  your  happy  arrival  in  our 

vineyard.     My  heart  rejoices  and  I  congratulate  myself  because  of 

the  help  that  has  reached  us,  which  we  so  much  need.     I  have 

^o-*  This  letter  is  now  in  the  library  of  the  Reformed  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Lancaster.  It  was  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  writer,  together 
with  a  number  of  other  letters  from  the  correspondence  of  Mr.  Faber, 
through  the  courtesy  of  Prof.  Geo.  W.  Richards,  D.D. 


John   Theobald  Faber,  Sr.  217 

understood  that  you  preached  yesterday  in  Philadelphia  and  that 
you  will  come  up  to  me  next  Sunday.  I  have  accordingly  informed 
the  Rev.  Weyberg  that  I  had  announced  a  communion  service  and 
that  you  might  choose  a  sermon  fitting  for  the  occasion.  If  that 
letter  should  have  been  delayed,  I  ask  you  herewith  to  make  note 
of  this.  In  addition  I  wish  to  ask  you  to  notify  me  whether  you 
prefer  to  preach  in  the  forenoon  or  afternoon,  so  that  I  may  be 
governed  by  your  choice.  This  I  may  tell  you  in  advance  that  in 
the  morning  the  church  will  be  best  filled,  because  many  people 
live  far  away.  Hence  it  is  the  best  service  for  a  strange  minister 
to  be  heard.  Besides  I  ask  you  to  inform  me  whether  you  are  a 
Mr.  Faber  from  Zozenheim  and  what  the  names  of  the  other  gen- 
tlemen are, 

I  remain  very  respectfully 

Your  Reverence's 

Faithful  Brother 
Jo.  Geo.  Alsentz. 
P.S,     More  orally.     Please  attribute  my  brevity  to  my  ill  health. 

Faber  reached  his  charge  in  October,  1766.  On  Octo- 
ber 21,  1766,  he  performed  his  first  ministerial  act,  by 
officiating  at  a  funeral  at  New  Goshenhoppen.  He  made 
his  home  at  first  with  Daniel  Hiester.  On  February  29, 
1769,  £1.12.10,  was  paid  by  the  Great  Swamp  congrega- 
tion as  "  house  rent  for  the  minister  to  Daniel  Hiester. "^^® 
This  remained  the  place  of  his  residence  probably  till  he 
married  on  August  7,  1770,  Barbara  Rose,  daughter  of 
Erhardt  Rose  of  Reading.  After  his  marriage  he  moved 
Into  the  parsonage,  built  on  the  glebe  land  near  the  New 
Goshenhoppen  church/" 

At  the  Coetus  of  1768,  held  September  8  to  9,  1768,  at 
Easton,  Faber  reported  for  the  first  time  the  statistics  of 
his  congregations.     Old  Goshenhoppen  had  then  30  faml- 

^^^  According  to  an  entry  in  the  account  book  of  the  congregation. 
^^^  See  letter  of  Mr.  Schultz,  printed  above,  pp.  184-9;  ^sp.  p.  187. 


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lies,  New  Goshenhoppen  90,  and  Great  Swamp  also  30 
families.  He  had  baptized  during  the  preceding  year  60 
and  confirmed  22.  These  figures  increased  only  slightly 
during  the  next  four  years.  Thus  in  1771  he  reported  40 
families  at  Old  Goshenhoppen,  90  at  New  Goshenhoppen 
and  40  at  Great  Swamp,  63  baptized  and  25  confirmed. 
It  is,  however,  remarkable  that  in  his  report  of  1773  the 
sum  total  of  his  membership  jumps  from  170  families  in 
1772  to  260  in  1773,  together  with  87  baptized  and  36 
confirmed.  In  the  last  year  of  his  pastorate,  1779,  the 
figures  were  270  members  in  the  three  congregations,  69 
baptisms  and  48  confirmed.  Complete  statistics  cannot  be 
given  from  the  Coetus  Minutes,  as  the  reports  for  two 
years  (1774  and  1778)  are  missing. 

It  may,  however,  serve  a  useful  purpose  to  give  a  sum- 
mary of  his  pastoral  activity  on  the  basis  of  the  various 
church  records.  Into  them  he  entered  764  baptisms,  262 
funerals  and  127  weddings.  The  record  for  the  separate 
congregations  stands  as  follows : 

At  New  Goshenhoppen  he  entered  from  January,  1767, 
till  October  6,  1779,  312  baptisms;  he  officiated  from  Oc- 
tober 21,  1766,  till  August  5,  1779,  at  126  funerals,  and 
married  from  March  3,  1767,  till  September  30,  1779, 
56  couples.  His  first  class  of  catechumens  was  confirmed 
on  April  17,  1767,  his  last  on  April  2,  1779. 

At  Old  Goshenhoppen  he  recorded  from  November, 
1766,  till  September  24,  1779,  282  baptisms;  from  De- 
cember 26,  1766,  till  October  18,  1778,  he  held  82 
funerals;  and  from  January  20,  1767,  till  October  5,  1779, 
he  officiated  at  52  weddings. 

At  Great  Swamp  he  baptized  from  November  19,  1766, 
till  October  27,  1779,  170  children;  he  entered  54  funerals 
from  April  21,   1767,  till  June  11,   1779,  and  united  in 


Faber  at  Goshenhoppen  219 

marriage  29  couples  from  March  5,    1767,  till  August, 
1779. 

These  entries  make  it  plain  that  Faber's  pastorate  ex- 
tended from  October,  1766,  till  October,  1779. 

Faber  was  honored  by  the  Coetus  in  being  elected  its 
secretary  in  177 1  and  its  president  in  1772. 

The  ability  of  Faber  as  a  preacher  was  recognized  by 
other  congregations  than  his  own.  When  the  congrega- 
tion of  Lancaster  became  vacant  in  1769  through  the  re- 
moval of  Mr.  Hendel  to  Tulpehocken,  they  called  Faber. 
The  minutes  of  1770  state:  "The  congregation  made  an 
urgent  request  for  an  ordained  minister  and  gave  a  special 
call  to  Do.  Faber  of  Goshenhoppen."  But  since  he  had 
many  scruples  with  regard  to  leaving  his  congregations  he 
asked  for  four  weeks'  time  to  consider,  which  was  granted 
him  by  the  Reverend  Coetus,  and  it  was  at  once  resolved 
that  he  might  accept  the  call  without  waiting  for  a  further 
decision  of  the  Coetus.  The  Coetal  letter  of  that  year, 
written  on  December  7,  1770,  reports  that  "Faber  has 
concluded  to  remain  at  Goshenhoppen." 

In  1775  Lancaster  became  again  vacant  through  the  re- 
moval of  its  pastor,  Charles  L.  Boehm,  to  Hanover,  hence 
the  Lancaster  congregation  renewed  its  call  to  Mr.  Faber. 
At  the  Coetus  held  May  10  to  11,  1775,  at  Lebanon,  "two 
delegates  from  Lancaster  appeared  with  a  written  call  for 
Do.  J.  Th.  Faber,  who,  however,  could  not  decide  to  leave 
his  congregations." 

In  1779  the  call  of  the  Lancaster  congregation  was  re- 
newed for  the  third  time  and  was  at  last  accepted  by 
Faber. 

Before,  however,  recounting  these  final  events  in  the 
ministry  of  Faber  at  Goshenhoppen  a  few  other  facts 
ought  to  be  mentioned. 


220  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

In  1773  the  Minutes  of  Coetus  state: 

Trumbauer  Congregation,  in  Bucks  County,  which  was  at  first 
served  by  Do.  Gobrecht,  and  afterwards,  from  time  to  time  by 
Do.  Faber,  asked  the  Reverend  Coetus  for  Do.  Gebhard. 

Gobrecht  was  in  Bucks  County  as  pastor  of  the  To- 
hickon  charge  from  1766  to  1770,  hence  Faber  must  have 
suppHed  that  congregation  from  1770  to  1772,  when  Mr. 
Wack  became  the  pastor  at  Tohickon. 

A  remarkable  entry  in  the  Coetus  Minutes,  connecting 
Gobrecht  with  Great  Swamp  ought  to  be  mentioned. 
The  statistics  of  1769  and  of  1770  report  Gobrecht  as 
serving  Tohickon,  Indian  Field  and  Great  Swamp,  while 
at  the  same  time  Faber  is  reported  as  the  pastor  of  Great 
Swamp  and,  moreover,  the  Great  Swamp  church  record 
shows  that  the  baptismal  entries  of  Faber  at  Great  Swamp 
run  without  break  through  1769  and  1770  as  through  all 
the  other  years  from  1766  to  1779.  Perhaps  the  easiest 
way  to  get  rid  of  this  difficulty  is  to  regard  it  as  a  simple 
mistake  of  the  clerks  of  Coetus.  Such  an  explanation 
would  seem  to  be  demanded  for  1769,  where  the  statistics 
of  Gobrecht  and  Faber  follow  each  other  immediately  and 
where  Gobrecht  is  said  to  have  reported  for  Great  Swamp 
30  families,  16  baptisms  and  i  catechumen.  Incidentally 
the  same  figures  are  reported  by  Faber  for  Great  Swamp. 
Surely  there  must  be  a  confusion  in  this  case.  But  what 
caused  the  confusion  in  1770,  if  there  be  one,  remains 
unexplained. 

The  progress  of  the  charge  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Faber 
is  seen  in  the  fact  that  during  his  ministry  two  of  the  con- 
gregations built  new  churches. 

In  1769  the  cornerstone  was  laid  and  in  1770  a  large 
new  stone  church  was  completed  at  New  Goshenhoppen. 


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At  Old  Goshenhoppen  a  similar  stone  church  was  built 
in  1772.  In  the  same  year  a  new  parsonage  seems  to  have 
been  built  at  New  Goshenhoppen.  For  in  the  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen account  book,  we  find  the  following  entry  in 
1772: 

Two  and  Twenty  Pounds  and  eleven  shillings  were  paid  by 
Christian  Hollebusch  for  the  parsonage  at  New  Goshenhoppen  to 
Adam  Hillegas  and  in  addition  3  pounds  to  Abraham  Seckler,  as 
per  receipt,  dated  June  7,  1772.  Thirteen  shillings  6  pence  were 
paid  to  me  by  Ulrich  Hertzel  on  account  of  the  building  expenses 
of  the  parsonage. 

Weygand  Pannebecker. 

The  organist  and  schoolmaster  at  Old  Goshenhoppen 
from  1772  to  1778  was  Henrich  Hemsing,  who  at  first  (in 
1772)  received  five,  later  six  pounds  as  salary  for  playing 
the  organ. 

The  organist  at  New  Goshenhoppen  during  this  period 
is  unfortunately  not  known,  but  the  organ  has  been  pre- 
served and  what  is  more  remarkable  it  is  still  in  use.  It 
is  probably  the  oldest  organ  in  use  in  the  Reformed  church. 
It  was  put  into  the  second  church  in  1770  when  it  was 
finished.  It  was  built  by  the  well-known  organ-builder 
Tannenhauser  of  Lititz,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

In  August,  1779,  the  congregation  at  Lancaster  sent  the 
following  call  to  Mr.  Faber  :^^^ 

Call  of  Lancaster  Church  to  Faber. 

Lancaster,  August  30,  1779. 

Reverend  Sir: — It  is  without  doubt  already  known  to  your  Rev- 
erence, that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Helffenstein  has  left  our  congregation 
for  some  time  past.  In  order,  therefore,  to  obtain  another  pastor, 
the  congregation  assembled  yesterday  in  the  schoolhouse ;  on  which 

198  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  67. 


2  22  History   of  the  Goshenhoppeu   Charge 

occasion  your  Reverence  was  unanimously  elected.  If  you  will, 
then,  have  the  goodness  to  visit  us  and  preach  for  us  we  will  be 
very  thankful.  The  Consistory,  accordingly  resolved,  with  the 
consent  of  the  congregation,  to  send  the  bearer,  William  Jacob 
Schaeffer,  to  wait  upon  you,  and  urge  upon  you  our  call.  Should 
you  consent  to  preach  a  trial  sermon,  on  some  day  of  your  own 
choosing,  we  will  then  be  fully  prepared  to  extend  you  the  proper 
call.  To  this  end,  Mr.  William  Jacob  Schaeffer  is  authorized  to 
confer  with  you  in  detail. 

Meanwhile  we  remain  your  Friends.     Done  in  the  name  of  the 
Consistory  of  the  German  Reformed  Church,  Lancaster, 

Nicholas  Job 
William  Bush 
ludwig  schell. 

But  the  people  at  Goshenhoppen  were  not  willing  to 
give  up  their  pastor.  Hence  they  framed  and  forwarded 
a  protest  to  the  Coetus.  In  it  they  stated  that  his  charge 
"unanimously  desires  to  retain  him  as  their  pastor;  that  he 
is  greatly  beloved  by  all,  and  that  he  is  very  useful." 
They  furthermore  promised  "to  give  him  £225  lawful 
money,  sixty  bushels  of  wheat  and  rye,  the  use  of  the  par- 
sonage, fuel  and  the  hay  of  a  meadow."  They  expressed 
the  hope  that  the  Reverend  Coetus  "  would  grant  their  de- 
sire and  allow  Mr.  Faber  to  remain  with  them." 

In  spite  of  this  protest,  however,  Faber  left  Goshen- 
hoppen in  October,  1779.  The  Coetus  Minutes  of  178 1 
report:  "Mr.  Faber  has  accepted  Lancaster.  He  left 
Goshenhoppen  because  they  did  not  give  him  the  neces- 
sary support  which  they  were  sufficiently  able  to  do." 
This  plain  statement  stands  in  glaring  contrast  to  the 
promises  of  the  congregations.  Indeed  the  salary  of  Fa- 
ber as  reported  for  1770  and  1771  was  only  £65.  In 
1785  he  reported  it  at  £100,  while  the  highest  salary  any 


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Faber  leaves   Goshenhoppen  223 

minister  of  the  Coetus  received  in  1785  was  £150.  We 
are,  therefore,  justified  in  questioning  the  accuracy  of  the 
above  translation.  If  a  supposition  may  be  ventured,  the 
writer  would  suggest  it  to  be  a  misprint  for  £75  or  perhaps 
£85.     That  would  be  in  harmony  with  general  conditions. 


CHAPTER   IX. 
Ministry  of  Rev.  John  William  Ingold,  1780-1781. 

OME  time  In  September,  1780,  the  following 
heading  was  put  over  a  series  of  baptisms  In 
the  Old  Goshenhoppen  Record: 

"The  following  children  were  baptized  by 
me,  Johann  Wilhelm  Ingold,  pastor  loci." 
This  heading  is  followed  by  fifteen  baptismal 
entries,  in  the  handwriting  of  Ingold,  extending  from  Sep- 
tember, 1780,  to  July  30,  178 1.  These  entries  introduce 
us  to  a  minister  of  an  entirely  different  type  than  his 
predecessors. 

On  August  4,  1754,  "Joh.  Wllhelmus  Ingoldius  "  ma- 
triculated in  the  University  of  Heidelberg,  as  a  student  of 
theology,  from  Simmern,  in  the  Palatinate,  at  present  in 
the  Rhine  province,  in  the  "  Regierungsbezirk"  Koblenz. 
He  was  ordained  at  Heidelberg  May  10,  1762.  He  ap- 
peared before  the  Deputies  June  i,  1774.  He  produced 
as  his  testimonials  a  letter  of  recommendation  from  Hos- 
pital, consistorial  councillor  at  Heidelberg,  dated  May  23, 
1773.  He  also  had  a  letter  from  the  German  Reformed 
Church  of  London,  where  he  had  been  pastor  for  four 
months,  dated  February  20,  1774.  His  credentials  were 
found  to  be  sufficient,  and  he  was  appointed  by  the  Synod- 
leal  Deputies.  On  June  9,  1774,  a  letter  of  introduction 
to  the  Coetus  of  Pennsylvania  was  given  to  him  and  150  fl. 

224 


John  William  In  gold  225 

as  traveling  expenses.  Shortly  afterwards  he  left  for 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  arrived  in  the  fall  of  that  year. 
He  had  a  very  checkered  career.  From  1775  to  1790  he 
is  mentioned  in  the  Minutes  of  Coetus,  serving  in  these 
fifteen  years  no  less  than  seven  different  charges.  His 
whole  ministry  was  filled  with  quarrels.  He  paid  no  re- 
gard either  to  the  resolutions  of  the  Coetus  or  the  wishes 
of  his  congregations.  Hence  he  was  constantly  in  diffi- 
culty. The  verdict  of  Coetus  on  his  ministry  is  expressed 
in  these  words:  "Rev.  Ingold  during  his  stay  with  us 
has  not  conducted  himself  to  the  satisfaction  of  his 
brethren. "199 

Shortly  after  his  arrival  he  took  Witpen  and  Worcester 
in  Montgomery  County.  At  Witpen  (now  Boehm's 
Church  at  Blue  Bell)  his  baptismal  entries  begin  Novem- 
ber 7,  1774,  and  end  May  25,  1775.  At  Worcester  (now 
Wentz's  Church)  a  receipt  for  salary  shows  that  his  min- 
istry there  began  on  November  10,  1774.  It  lasted  for 
one  year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  the  people  were  unwill- 
ing to  continue  paying  him  £75  as  salary. 

At  the  close  of  the  year  the  congregations  offered  a  smaller  sum, 
and  said  if  he  should  not  be  satisfied  with  this  they  would  close  the 
church  against  him.  Thereupon  Mr.  Ingold  preached  no  longer 
for  them,  but  continued  to  live  in  the  parsonage  until  he  no  longer 
dared  to  remain  there.  He  then  moved  to  another  house  in  the 
neighborhood,  where  he  wholly  consumed  the  gathered  crumbs. 
His  brethren  were  sorry  for  him,  gave  him  oral  and  written  advice, 
and  helped  him  to  Saucon.  But  here  again  he  left  immediately 
and  went  to  Easton,  hoping  to  draw  the  united  congregation  to 
him,i9»^ 

In  Easton  his  baptismal  entries  begin  on  July  7,  1776, 

'^^^  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  373. 
^^^^ Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  373. 
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2  26  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

and  continue  from  that  date  uninterruptedly  till  March 
17,  1786.  It  was  thus  while  pastor  at  Easton  that  the 
Goshenhoppen  charge  became  vacant  and  was  entered  by 
him.     The  Minutes  of  178  i  continue  the  story: 

Easton  being  a  small  congregation  and  unable  to  support  him, 
and  he  in  addition  losing  the  love  of  the  people,  and  finally  even 
being  persecuted,  tried  to  gain  the  favor  of  Goshenhoppen.  He 
offered  to  take  only  as  much  salary  as  their  kindness  and  free-will 
would  give.  The  result  was  that  two  small  congregations  [Old 
Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp]  allowed  him  to  preach  in  their 
churches;  but  the  strongest  congregation,  New  Goshenhoppen,  pro- 
tested against  this,  and  many  persons  also  in  the  two  smaller  con- 
gregations did  not  want  to  have  anything  to  do  with  him,  until  he 
should  be  accepted  by  the  three  united  congregations  as  their  min- 
ister. Nevertheless,  Ingold  settled  among  these  congregations  on 
his  own  account.  Hence  there  arose  the  greatest  confusion  among 
them  which  a  committee  of  Coetus  tried  to  settle.  But  Ingold 
opposed  and  frustrated  the  attempt  of  his  brethren.  When  all 
these  actions  of  this  man  were  placed  before  Coetus,  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted : 

a.  That  the  three  united  congregations  shall  meet  for  the  elec- 
tion of  a  minister.  Mr.  Ingold  may  be  a  candidate  in  this  election, 
if  the  congregations  so  agree. 

b.  That  this  action  be  recommended,  in  writing,  to  the  congre- 
gations and  Mr.  Ingold  likewise  be  advised  to  help  in  bringing 
about  this  election ;  otherwise  the  Coetus  will  be  compelled  to  take 
extreme  steps  in  his  case. 

When  Coetus  met  again  on  May  i,  1782,  at  Reading, 
they  report: 

Mr.  Ingold,  who  was  not  present  at  the  Reverend  Coetus,  having 
left  the  congregations  in  Goshenhoppen  half  a  year  ago,  informed 
the  Reverend  Coetus  by  a  letter  presented  by  an  elder,  that  he  had 
begun  to  serve  the  congregations  Easton,  Dryland  and  Greenwich. 
The  Reverend  Coetus  was  obliged  to  approve  of  this  action,  because 


Ingold  at  Goshenhoppen  227 

for  several  years  ft  has  been  thought  advisable  to  allow  all  vacant 
congregations  to  call  a  minister  of  the  Coetus  according  to  their 
pleasure;  even  as  a  minister  is  also  at  liberty  to  accept  such  con- 
gregations at  pleasure. 

This  entry  shows  that  Ingold  left  Goshenhoppen  about 
November,  1781,  probably  because  the  election  was  unfa- 
vorable to  him. 

The  activity  of  Ingold  in  the  Goshenhoppen  charge  can 
only  be  traced  at  Old  Goshenhoppen.  Besides  the  bap- 
tisms, to  which  reference  has  already  been  made,  he  en- 
tered a  class  of  catechumens  (22  boys  and  19  girls)  into 
the  record  on  April  21,  178 1.  Besides,  he  signed  the  ac- 
count of  the  treasurer  on  May  18,  178 1,  with  A.  M.  Ache, 
the  schoolmaster. 

At  Great  Swamp  different  hands  entered  eleven  baptisms 
from  September  18,  1780,  till  July  22,  1781.  According 
to  the  minutes  of  the  Coetus  of  May,  178 1,  Caspar 
Wack,2oo  pastor  of  Tohickon  and  Indianfield,  was  supply- 
mg  the  Swamp  church.  In  the  minutes  of  the  Coetus  of 
1782,  held  May  i,  1782,  at  Reading,  we  read: 

The  congregations  Tohickon,  Indianfield  and  Great  Swamp 
which,  by  the  departure  of  Mr.  Wack,  had  become  vacant,  asked' 
through  delegates  for  another  minister.  The  Reverend  Coetus 
could  do  nothing  but  give  these  congregations  liberty  to  call  a 
mmister. 

P.T!??u''  ^^'''''  "'''  '^'  '°"  °^  J"''"  ^^"'■g^  Wack,  who  arrived  at 
Philadelphia  on  September  16,  1748.  Caspar  Wack  was  born  at  Phila- 
delphia August  15,  1752.  He  was  educated  by  Rev.  Caspar  Wevberg- 
icensed  by  Coetus  in  1770;  catchist  at  Lancaster,  1770-71;  ordained  June, 
1772.  His  first  pastorate  was  at  Tohickon  and  Indianfield.  1772-1782  to 
which  Nacomixon  was  added  in  1773.  He  was  pastor  of  German  Val'lev, 
Foxh.ll  and  Rockaway,  N.  J.,  1782-1809;  of  Germantown  and  White- 
marsh.  1809-1821;  of  Whitemarsh  alone  1821-23.  He  died  at  Trappe, 
Montgomery  County,  July  19,  1839.  See  Harbaugh,  Fathers.  Vol.  H  pp. 
173-192;  Good,  History,  pp.  570-72.  ' 


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During  this  period  we  find  at  New  Goshenhoppen  17 
baptisms  recorded  from  June  18,  1780,  till  March  12, 
1 78 1.  Most  of  these  entries  are  in  the  handwriting  of 
the  Rev.  John  Henry  Helffrich,^"^  then  pastor  of  Maxa- 
tawny,  Heidelberg,  Lowhill,  Upper  Milford,  and  Salz- 
burg, all  of  which,  except  the  first,  are  located  in  Lehigh 
County,  He  was  one  of  the  strong  men  of  Coetus,  who 
did  much  to  uphold  order  and  religion  in  his  own  as  well 
as  in  neighboring  congregations. 

After  Ingold  left  Easton  in  1786,  he  went  to  Reading. 
His  call  to  that  congregation  is  dated  September  14,  1786. 
After  serving  that  congregation  for  a  year  and  a  half, 
which  was  rich  in  quarrels,  he  left  it  in  April,  1788. 
Coetus  does  not  want  to  put  all  the  blame  on  him,  but  re- 
marks that  "a  repulsive  conduct  is  likely  to  bring  about 
such  consequences."  From  there  he  went  to  Indianfield, 
Tohickon  and  Trumbauers.  At  Indianfield  his  baptismal 
entries  run  from  June  19,  1788,  till  November  i,  1789. 
While  pastor  there,  he  lost  his  wife.  He  himself  made 
the  following  entry  in  the  Indianfield  record: 

"March  29  [1789],  Mrs.  Catharine  Barbara  Ingold, 
wife  of  the  pastor  died,  aged  40  years,  6  months,  3  weeks 
and  4  days."  At  the  meeting  of  Coetus  held  in  June, 
1790,  he  is  reported  as  having  been  "  rejected  by  his  con- 
gregations." After  that  his  name  appears  only  once  more 
in  the  official  records  of  the  church.     It  was  to  make  his 

201  John  Henry  Helfrich  was  born  at  Mosbach  in  the  Palatinate,  October 
22,  1739.  He  matriculated  at  Heidelberg  University,  February  2,  1758. 
He  was  ordained  in  September,  1761;  became  assistant  pastor  to  his  father 
at  Sinsheim  and  Rohrbach;  was  then  vicar  at  Reyen,  Kirchhard  and  Stein- 
furth ;  was  commissioned  for  Pennsylvania  July,  1771;  arrived  at  New 
York  January  14,  1772.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Maxatawny  charge  all  his 
life,  1772-1810,  which  consisted  among  others  of  Lowhill,  Heidelberg, 
Kutztown,  etc.  He  died  December  5,  i8io.  See  Heiffrich,  Geschichte, 
pp.  73-86;  Harbaugh,  Fathers,  Vol.  II,  pp.  240-251. 


Ingold  leaves  Church 


229 


separation  from  the  church  complete  and  final.  In  1801 
Synod  notified  him  that  by  his  continued  absence  he  had 
excluded  himself  from  the  church.  His  name  was  there- 
fore dropped.^*^^ 

202  For  sketches  of  Ingold's  life  see  Harbaugh,  Fathers,  Vol.  II,  p.  399  f.; 
Good,  History,  pp.  561-563;  Miller,  History  of  the  Reformed  ' Church  in 
Reading,  pp.  86-90. 


CHAPTER   X. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  Frederick  Delliker,  1782-1784. 

AT  the  same  meeting  of  Coetus,  at  which  the 
departure    of    Ingold    from    Goshenhoppen 
was  announced,  we  also  find  the  announce- 
ment of  the  arrival  of  a  new  pastor. 
Mr.  Daelliker  informed  Coetus  why  he  had  left  his 
former  field  in  New  Jersey,  including  the  congrega- 
tions Rockaway,  Valley,  Foxhill,  and  a  few  months  ago,  accepted 
a  call  from  the  congregations  of  Goshenhoppen. 

Frederick  Delliker  (or  Dalliker)  was  descended  from 
an  old  Zurich  family.  They  became  citizens  in  Zurich, 
1376.  During  the  seventeenth  century  there  were  at 
least  three  ministers  in  the  family.  The  coat  of  arms  of 
the  family  showed  a  man  with  two  burning  candles  in  his 
hands.  This  design  was  based  on  the  name  of  the  family 
which  was  originally  "  Talliker,"  meaning  the  "  candle 
maker"  (cf.  the  German  Talg  and  the  English  tallow). 
These  facts,  taken  from  the  "  Lexicon  Geographicum- 
Stemmatographicum  "-'- ^  in  Zurich,  dispose  entirely  of  the 
old  tradition  that  the  name  of  the  family  was  originally 

203  In  the  city  library  at  Zurich,  Msc.  E.  54;   Vol.  II,  pp.  5-8;  cf.  also 
above,  p.  97,  note  107. 

230 


Frederick  Delliker  231 

De  la  Cour  and  that  he  was,  therefore,  of  Huguenot  de- 
scent. The  family  was  rather  an  old  Swiss  family  and 
could  not  possibly  have  been  Huguenot.  What  actually 
happened  was  that  Frederick  Delliker  adopted  for  a  time, 
while  in  French  services,  a  French  name. 

Hans  Rudolph  Dalliker,  the  father  of  Frederick  Dalli- 
ker,  was  a  painter  and  in  1750  became  "  Oberster  Salz- 
hausdiener,"  which  position  was  probably  equivalent  to 
the  manager  of  the  saltworks.  His  mother  was  Maria 
von  Brunn  of  Basel,  who  married  his  father  on  March  23, 
1732.  She  died  March  23,  1754,  while  the  father  died 
April  23,  1769,  at  Schaffhausen. 

Frederick  Delliker  was  born  in  1738,  according  to  the 
Zurich  records.  Dr.  Harbaugh^^^  gives  February  2, 
1738,  as  the  date  of  his  birth,  but  that  cannot  be  correct. 
His  tombstone  at  Falkner  Swamp  states  that  he  died  Jan- 
uary 15,  1799,  aged  60  years,  10  months  and  17  days,^^^ 
hence  the  date  of  birth  must  have  been  February  27,  1738. 
According  to  the  genealogical  records  in  Zurich,'  Fred- 
erick Dalliker  was  ordained  in  1757.  In  the  year  follow- 
ing (1758),  he  became  German  "Diakon,"  or  assistant 
minister  in  Geneva.  In  1760  he  became  chaplain  of  the 
French  regiment  "Lochmann."  It  was  while  he  was  a 
French  chaplain  that  he  assumed  temporarily  the  name  De 
la  Cour.  The  French  name  never  appears  in  his  later 
life.     In  1766  he  left  French  services. 

In  December,  1766,  he  arrived  at  Amsterdam,  and  on 
April  17,  1767,  he  appeared  before  the  Classical  Commis- 
sioners. In  May  his  presence  and  application  for  service 
m  Pennsylvania  was  announced  to  the  Synodical  Deputies. 
He  was  examined  at  the  Hague,  June  25,   1767,  signed 

20*  Harbaugh,  Fathers,  Vol.  II,  p.  382. 

=o=Roth,  History  of  the  Falkner  Swamp  Reformed  Church.  1904,  p.  37. 


232  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

the  formula  of  unity  and  was  given  his  commission. 
When  he  arrived  in  Pennsylvania  in  the  fall  of  1767 
(probably  October),  he  was  sent  to  Amwell,  New  Jersey, 
now  at  Ringoes,  Hunterdon  County,  N.  J,  In  1768  Ger- 
mantown  gave  him  a  call  but  he  declined  it  and  announced 
that  he  had  determined  to  serve,  in  addition  to  Amwell, 
Alexandria  (Mt,  Pleasant),  Rockaway  (Lebanon),  Fox- 
hill  (Fairmount)  and  German  Valley,  four  new  congrega- 
tions, which  asked  "  to  be  taken  into  the  fellowship  of 
Coetus."  At  Rockaway  his  entries  begin  in  the  church 
record  on  November  6,  1768.^^^  In  1769  charges  were 
brought  against  him  at  Amwell,  as  a  result  of  which  he 
left  Amwell,  but  continued  to  serve  the  other  congrega- 
tions. The  statistics  of  1769  report  him  as  unmarried, 
residing  at  Rockaway,  and  serving  the  four  congregations 
mentioned  above. 

Delliker  continued  as  pastor  in  New  Jersey  until  the 
spring  of  1782,  when,  through  the  departure  of  Ingold 
from  Goshenhoppen,  these  congregations  had  become  va- 
cant. In  May,  1782,  he  informed  Coetus  that  he  had 
gone  to  Goshenhoppen  "  a  few  months  ago."  In  entire 
harmony  with  this  statement  we  find  that  his  baptismal 
entries  begin  at  New  Goshenhoppen  on  March  3,  1782, 
at  Great  Swamp  on  March  10,  and  at  Old  Goshenhoppen 
on  March  17,  1782.  On  June  6,  1783,  he  signed  a  re- 
ceipt for  salary  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  from  February  i, 
1782,  to  February  i,  1783.  This  fixes  the  beginning  of 
his  ministry  definitely  as  February  i,  1782.  On  May  i, 
1782,  Delliker  made  the  following  report  of  his  congre- 
gations: "  170  families,  33  baptisms,  35  confirmed  and  3 
schools."  This  is  the  first  definite  evidence  in  the  Coetus 
Minutes  that  each  of  the  three  congregations  had  a  paro- 
chial school. 

206  Chambers,  Early  Germans  in  Neiv  Jersey,  p.  105  f. 


Delliker  at  Goshenhoppen  233 

At  the  meeting  of  Coetus  on  May  14,  1783,  in  Phila- 
delphia, Delliker  is  reported  as  supplying  six  congrega- 
tions in  New  Jersey,  part  of  them  his  former  charge, 
Rockaway,  Valley  and  Foxhill,  also  in  part  Nolton,  Hart- 
wick  and  Newton.  At  the  same  time  he  made  detailed 
report  about  the  three  congregations  of  which  he  was  the 
regular  pastor.  Of  New  Goshenhoppen  he  reported  95 
families,  37  baptized,  17  confirmed,  2  schools  with  48 
scholars;  of  Old  Goshenhoppen  45  families,  18  baptized, 
8  confirmed,  i  school  with  32  scholars;  of  Great  Swamp 
37  families,  12  baptized,  26  confirmed,  i  school  with  31 
scholars.  Unfortunately  we  know  nothing  more  of  the 
two  schools  at  New  Goshenhoppen. 

The  pastoral  activity  of  Delliker  in  the  Goshenhoppen 
charge  can  be  summed  up  as  follows:  141  baptisms,  21 
funerals  and  16  weddings.  The  record  for  each  of  the 
churches  is  as  follows : 

At  New  Goshenhoppen  he  entered  77  baptisms,  begin- 
ning on  March  3,  1782,  and  ending  March  21,  1784. 
There  were  12  funerals  from  June  5,  1783,  to  March  11, 
1784,  and  7  weddings  from  March  24,  1782,  to  March 
16,  1784. 

At  Old  Goshenhoppen  he  officiated  at  30  baptisms  from 
March  17,  1782,  to  January  18,  1784,  at  4  funerals  from 
February  12,  1783,  to  January  15,  1784,  and  at  5  wed- 
dings from  August  6,  1782,  to  May  20,  1783. 

At  Great  Swamp  he  had  34  baptisms  from  March  10, 

1782,  till  March   18,   1784,  5   funerals  from  April   17, 

1783,  and  4  weddings  from  April  23,  1782,  to  April  i, 

1783- 

From  these  summaries  it  is  apparent  that  the  pastoral 
activity  of  Delliker  at  Goshenhoppen  extended  from 
March,  1782,  till  March,  1784.     During  this  time  he  was 


234  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

not,  as  has  been  commonly  reported,  the  pastor  at  Falkner 
Swamp.  The  ministry  of  Rev\  Nicholas  Pomp  came  to 
an  end  at  Falkner  Swamp  after  the  meeting  of  Coetus  on 
May  14,  1783,  when  he  is  still  reported  as  pastor  of  Falk- 
ner Swamp  and  Vincent.  He  did  not  leave  these  congre- 
gations till  the  fall  of  1783  for  Baltimore.  Pomp's  first 
baptismal  entry  made  in  the  Baltimore  records  was  on  Sep- 
tember 15,  1783,  and  he  himself  states  in  that  record  that 
he  preached  his  installation  sermon  [Eintrittspredigt]  on 
the  first  Sunday  of  September,  1783. 

In  the  spring  of  1784,  Delliker  was  called  to  Falkner 
Swamp  to  become  Pomp's  successor.  Delliker's  first  en- 
try in  the  Swamp  records  was  made  on  April  9,  1784.  At 
the  Coetus  meeting  held  on  May  12,  1784,  Delliker  is 
reported  as  having  gone  from  Goshenhoppen  to  Falkner 
Swamp. 

He  remained  pastor  of  Falkner  Swamp  and  Vincent  to 
the  end  of  his  life.  He  died  at  Falkner  Swamp  June  15, 
1799,  and  was  buried  in  the  Falkner  Swamp  graveyard.^*'** 

He  was  a  prominent  member  of  Coetus,  as  is  seen  from 
the  fact  that  he  was  the  secretary  of  Coetus  in  1774,  1783, 
1786,  1788,  1789,  and  its  president  in  1775,  1787  and 
1790.  In  1789  he  had  the  honor,  as  secretary  of  Coetus, 
to  send  a  congratulatory  address  to  Washington,  on  having 
been  elected  first  president  of  the  United  States.^""^ 

An  old  man  who  personally  remembered  him  described 
him  to  Dr.  Jos.  H.  Dubbs  as  "  a  little,  good-humored,  red- 
faced  man,  with  a  shock  of  white  hair."-*^^ 

-08*  While  pastor  at  Falkner  Swamp  Frederick  Delliker  married  Maria 
Juvenal,  October  12,  1786.  The  marriage  is  recorded  in  the  church  record 
of  the  First  Reformed  Church  at  Philadelphia  (see  Pennsylvania  Archives, 
2d  Series,  Vol.  VIII,  p.  663)  and  also  in  the  Falkner  Swamp  Record,  see 
Pennsylvania  Archives,  I.  c,  p.  603. 

-<"^  Minutes  of  Coetus,  p.  434. 

-"^  Dubbs,  Reformed  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  p.  195. 


CHAPTER   XI. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  Frederick  William  Van  Der 
Sloot,  I 784-1 786. 

AT  the  meeting  of  Coetus,  held  May  12,  1784, 
in  Lancaster,  "the  congregations  of  Old  and 
New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp  re- 
quest Do.  Frederick  William  Van  der  Sloot 
for  their  pastor.     This  Van  der  Sloot  was 
born  in  Anhalt-Zerbst,  and,  according  to  his 
testimonials,  has  preached  frequently,  as  candidate  of  the- 
ology, in  the  Cathedral  of  Berlin.      For  two  and  a  half 
years  he  acted  as  inspector  of  the  Joachimsthal  Gymna- 
sium.    As  his  other  circumstances  are  the  same  as  those  of 
Do.  Wynckhaus,  mentioned  in  the  previous  article   (they 
were  not  sent  by  the  Fathers  in  Holland) ,  the  same  action 
was  taken  regarding  him;  that  he  shall  minister  to  the  said 
congregations  until  we  have  ascertained  the  opinion  of  the 
Reverend  Fathers." 

The  new  minister  at  Goshenhoppen  seemed  by  descent 
and  training  well  fitted  for  his  position  and  work. 

He  was  descended  from  a  ministerial  family.  Both  his 
grandfather  as  well  as  his  father  had  been  ministers  before 
him.  His  grandfather,  Friederich  von  der  Schloth,  was 
pastor  at  Barby  on  the  Elbe  River,  southeast  of  Magde- 

235 


236  History   of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

burg.2°^*  His  father,  Friedrlch  Heinrlch  von  der  Schlott, 
was  pastor  of  the  Reformed  church  of  Aken,  1725  to 
1743,  and  of  St.  Nikolai  at  Zerbst,  in  the  principality  of 
Anhalt-Zerbst,  from  1743  to  175  i.  While  pastor  of  this 
church  he  married  Sophia  Wilhelmine  von  Boiler,  August 
20,  1743.  Their  only  son  was  Philip  Wilhelm  Frederick 
von  der  Sloot,  born  in  Zerbst,  September  27,  1744.  Ap- 
parently later  in  life  he  changed  his  Christian  name  to 
Frederick  William.  He  studied  for  the  ministry  and  be- 
came pastor  of  Zornitz,  Poetnitz,  Scholitz  and  Nauendorf 
in  the  province  of  Brandenburg.  Later  he  was  conrector 
of  the  Latin  school  at  Dessau  and  then  for  two  and  a  half 
years  Inspector  of  the  Joachimsthal  Gymnasium  in  Berlin. 
There  he  married,  May  5,  1772,  Louisa  Henrietta, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Prof.  Schultz,  professor  in  the  same 
school. 

According  to  his  great-grandson, ^'^'^  he  came  to  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1779  or  1780,  leaving  his  wife  and  family  (one 
son  at  least)  in  Germany.  His  first  charge  was  in  Allen 
township,  Northampton  County. 

In  April,  1784,  he  came  into  the  Goshenhoppen  charge. 
At  Great  Swamp  he  entered  the  first  baptism  on  April  18, 
1784,  at  New  Goshenhoppen  on  April  25,  1784,  and  at 
Old  Goshenhoppen  on  May  2,  1784.  At  New  Goshen- 
hoppen he  entered  21  baptisms  between  April  25,  1784, 
and  November  21,  1 784 ;  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  6  baptisms 
between  May  2,  1784,  and  October  14,  1784,  and  at 
Great  Swamp  16  baptisms  between  April  18,  1784,  and 
May  14,  1786. 

The  reason  for  the  sudden  termination  of  his  work  at 

208a  xhe  antecedents  and  history  of  Mr.  Van  der  Sloot  have  been  cleared 
up  by  one  of  his  descendants,  Lewis  Vandersloot,  who  in  1901  published 
the  History  and  Gencalof^y  of  the  I'on  der  Sloot  Family,  Harrisburg,  1901, 
pp.  68;  see  especially  pp.  9-17. 

209  L.  c,  p.  16. 


Frederick  JVilliam  Van  Der  Shot,  Sr.  237 

New  and  Old  Goshenhoppen  is  furnished  by  the  Coetus 
Minutes  of  1785,  which  read: 

As  was  stated  in  Art.  VI  of  last  year's  minutes,  Fred.  Wm.  Van 
der  Sloot  preached  at  Old  and  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great 
Swamp.  The  former  two  congregations  have  now  locked  the 
churches  against  him  on  account  of  a  very  disgraceful  and  unlawful 
act;  but  the  latter  congregation,  namely  Great  Swamp,  still  allows 
him  to  preach.  This  was  the  deed.  He  had  left  a  wife  and  child 
in  Germany,  but  married  here  a  single  woman.  A  short  time  after 
his  marriage  it  became  known  through  his  own  statements  that  he 
had  another  wife,  whereupon  his  father-in-law  took  his  daughter 
back  to  his  home.  Then  Van  der  Sloot  was  locked  out  by  the  two 
Goshenhoppen  churches. 

In  corroboration  of  this  statement  we  find  the  following 
entry  in  the  New  Goshenhoppen  record,  made  by  Van  der 
Sloot  himself: 

June  29,  [1784],  Rev.  Daliker  married  me,  Friedrich  Wilhelm 
Von  der  Sloot,  only  son  of  Friedrich  Heinrich  Von  der  Sloot,  late 
minister  in  Anhalt-Zerbst,  Germany  to  Anna  Margaretha  Riedt, 
oldest  daughter  of  Jacob  Ried  of  Hatfield  township,  Philadelphia 
County. 

Judging  by  the  church  records,  the  ministry  of  Van  der 
Sloot  at  Great  Swamp  ended  in  May,  1786.  There  was 
a  baptism  as  late  as  May  14,  and  a  funeral  on  April  3, 
1786,  by  Van  der  Sloot.  But  it  is  possible  that  he  was 
then  merely  a  visitor,  for  even  at  the  Coetus  meeting  of 
April  27  to  28,  1785,  Faber  reported  Tohickon,  Indian- 
field  and  Great  Swamp  as  the  congregations  which  he  was 
then  serving.  The  actual  removal  of  Faber,  however,  to 
the  Goshenhoppen  field  did  not  take  place  till  the  spring 
of  the  following  year. 

Van  der  Sloot  meanwhile  returned  to  Northampton 
County,  where  he  ministered  to  congregations  in  Allen, 
Moore  and  Lehigh  townships.     He  died  there  in  1803. 


CHAPTER   XII. 

Second  Ministry  of  John  Theobald  Faber,  Sr., 
1786-1788. 

E  left  Faber  in  1779  as  pastor  of  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  Lancaster.  He  began 
his  work  there  in  November,  1779,  but  he 
stayed  hardly  three  years.  The  city  life 
evidently  contrasted  unfavorably  to  his 
mind  with  the  quiet  country  life  in  the 
Goshenhoppen  valley.  He  became  restless  and  homesick. 
One  evidence  of  this  is  that  the  consistorial  minutes  were 
almost  entirely  neglected  during  his  ministry.  He,  there- 
fore, determined  to  return  to  the  lower  counties  as  soon  as 
possible. 

In  September,  1781,  the  Indianfield  and  Tohickon  con- 
gregations in  Bucks  County  became  vacant  through  the 
removal  of  Rev.  Caspar  Wack.  Hence  Faber  accepted  a 
call  to  that  field,  only  fifteen  miles  from  his  former  charge. 
His  ministry  at  Indianfield  began  on  July  14,  1782;  at 
least  on  that  day  he  entered  his  first  baptism  into  the  In- 
dianfield record.  From  that  time  till  April  27,  1786,  he 
recorded  57  baptisms  in  the  Indianfield  record.  The 
latter  date  must  have  marked  approximately  the  end  of  his 
ministry  in  that  field,  for  in  May,  1786,  his  entries  begin 
in  the  New  Goshenhoppen  record. 

238 


John   Theobald  Faber,  Sr.  239 

On  May  17  to  18,  1786,  the  minutes  of  Coetus  report: 

J.  Theobald  Faber  left  Indianfield,  Tohickon  and  Trumbauer's 
Church  and  accepted  his  former  congregations  of  Old  Goshenhop- 
pen,  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp. 

Apparently  he  was  very  happy  to  get  back  to  his  first 
friends.  Dr.  Weiser  has  preserved  a  tradition^^^  that  on 
the  day  of  his  return  his  parishioners  had  gathered  in  the 
parsonage  to  welcome  him. 

When  nearing  the  premises,  he  stood  up  in  a  large  wagon,  and 
with  uncovered  head  cried  out:  " Ihr  Goschenhoppener!  Ich  ver- 
lass  euch  in  meinem  Leben  nicht  mehr.  Hier  will  ich  leben  und 
sterhen." 

The  reunion  was  a  happy  one  and  resulted  well  for  pas- 
tor and  people.  In  1787  Faber  reported  of  his  three  con- 
gregations 230  families,  76  baptized,  93  confirmed  and  78 
scholars  in  the  schools.  The  whole  record  for  his  second 
pastorate  at  Goshenhoppen  is  as  follows:  179  baptisms, 
67  burials  and  28  weddings.  Unfortunately  his  ministry 
was  not  of  long  duration.  His  death  was  sudden  and 
unexpected.  The  Coetal  letter  of  1789  gives  us  a  con- 
temporaneous record  of  it:^" 

We  have  to  report  that  the  Lord  has  taken  from  us  a  brother, 
namely  Do.  Theobald  Faber,  late  minister  in  New  Goshenhoppen 
and  Great  Swamp.  His  departure  was  unexpected.  On  Novem- 
ber 2,  1788,  a  deathly  weakness  attacked  him  while  in  the  pulpit. 
Having  finished  half  of  the  sermon,  he,  with  difficulty,  repeated  the 
Lord's  Prayer,  He  was  then  carried  from  the  pulpit  and  an  hour 
and  a  half  later  died  in  the  school-house.  It  was  remarkable  that 
his  sermon  was  on  death,  for  he  was  just  preaching  on  Jairus' 

210  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  74. 

211  The  traditional  account  given  by  Dr.  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  74  f., 
varies  from  this  statement  in  several  interesting  particulars;  cf.  Minutes 
of  Coetus,  p.  431. 


240  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

daughter,  Matt.  IX  being  the  gospel  lesson  of  that  day.  How 
dear  he  was  to  his  people  is  proved  by  the  fact  that,  altogether 
contrary  to  the  custom  of  this  country,  they  gave  him  a  burial-place 
under  the  altar,  also  that  they  desired  his  oldest  son  for  his  suc- 
cessor, if  this  is  at  all  possible. 

The  elder  Weiser  placed  a  memorial  tablet  over  his 
remains  with  this  inscription : 

TRiTT  leise! 

HIER  RUHET  DER 

EHRW.  JOH.  THEOB.  FABER, 

EHEMALS  GEWESENER  PREDIGER 

DIESER  GEMEINDE. 

GEBOREN  DEN    I3TEN  FEBR.   1739, 

STARB  DEN  2TEN  NOV.   1 788. 
ALTER  49JAHR  8  MO.  UND    1 8  T. 

His  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Blumer,  then  pastor  at  Allentown.  His  text  was  He- 
brews 13 :  17. 

Mr.  Faber  left  behind  him  a  wife  and  seven  children, 
whom  the  congregation  permitted  to  remain  in  the  par- 
sonage for  several  years.  They  also  aided  his  oldest  son 
in  his  studies  to  become  his  father's  successor. 

To  Dr.  C.  Z.  Weiser,  Mr.  Faber  was  described  as  "  a 
man  of  small,  portly  figure,  full  of  vivacity  and  jovial." 

His  widow  married  again,  a  Mr.  Christian  Sheldt  of 
Sumneytown.  She  outlived  even  her  second  husband  and 
died,  82  years  old,  In  the  home  of  her  son-in-law,  Dr. 
Tobias  Sellers. ^^^ 

21- Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  75  f. 


CHAPTER   XIII. 
Ministry  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Pomp,  1789-1792. 

AFTER  the  death  of  Mr.  Faber  the  congrega- 
gations  of  the  Goshenhoppen  charge  were 
for  more  than  a  year  without  a  regular  pas- 
tor. An  entry  in  the  Old  Goshenhoppen 
records  throws  some  light  on  this  period : 

After  the  death  of  the  sainted  Mr.  Faber,  when  the  congrega- 
tion was  without  a  minister,  the  following  children  were  baptized, 
some  by  Mr.  Roller,  some  by  the  ministers  who  visited  this  congre- 
gation, and,  at  the  request  of  the  parents,  their  names  were  entered 
by  Johann  Daniel  Jung,  schoolmaster. 

Rev.  Conrad  Roeller  was  from  1772  to  1799  the  pastor 
of  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  Lutheran  congregation.  Four 
baptisms  were  entered  by  Mr.  Jung  from  February  to  No- 
vember, 1789. 

In  the  New  Goshenhoppen  record  the  history  is  con- 
tinued by  the  next  pastor: 

After  the  Rev.  J.  Theobald  Faber  had  died  unexpectedly  on 

November  2,  1788,  and  the  congregation  had  been  without  a  pastor 

for  more  than  a  year,  I,  N.  [Nicholas]  Pomp,  was  called  to  serve 

in  his  place  and  commenced  my  ministry  here,  in  the  name  of  God, 

17  241 


242  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

in  these  congregations,  in  the  beginning  of  the  month  of  December 
1789. 

Dr.  Weiser  In  his  "  History  "^^^  j^^g  preserved  an  inter- 
esting letter  of  Mr.  Pomp,  which  reveals  his  spirit  and  the 
conditions  under  which  he  entered  upon  his  work  in  the 
new  field.     It  reads  as  follows: 

Letter  of  Rev,  N.  Pomp  to  the  Goshenhof'pen  Churches. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  October  2nd,  1789. 
To  the  three  united  Consistories  at  Old  and  Neiv  Goshenhoppen 
and  Great  Swamp: 

Since  it  has  seemed  good  to  the  Rev.  Ministers,  Hendel,  Del- 
licker  and  Helffrich,  that  I  should  supply  the  three  congregations 
of  your  charge,  now  without  a  pastor,  I  have  concluded  to  lay 
before  [you]  certain  conditions,  without  compliance  therewith,  I 
could  not  under  any  considerations  acquiesce  in  your  wish. 

First:  The  Widow  and  Family  of  the  late  Pastor  Faber,  still 
abiding  among  you,  must  not  be  made  to  suffer  any  sacrifice  by  my 
coming.  The  sainted  Faber  and  I  were  bosom  friends,  and  I  can, 
therefore,  rejoice  the  more  over  the  warm  and  true  regard  which 
the  charge  has  manifested  toward  his  bereaved  household,  from  love 
to  his  memory. 

Secondly:  The  membership  must  prove  of  one  mind  in  the  choice 
of  myself  as  their  temporary  pastor.  I  cannot  tolerate  any  dispute 
to  arise,  and  will  not  consent  to  serve,  unless  the  people  arc  a  unit. 

Thirdly:  No  definite  period  of  time  must  be  fixed.  I  shall  labor 
solely  for  the  welfare  of  the  flock,  and  in  the  same  spirit  in  which 
I  served  at  Falconer  Swamp.  As  soon  as  you  determine  upon  the 
services  of  the  young  Faber,  or  of  any  other  devoted  Pastor,  I  wish 
it  in  my  power  freely  to  relinquish  the  field  in  his  favor. 

Fourthly:  In  regard  to  Parsonage  and  Salary  I  shall  say  nothing, 
I  will  leave  all  that  over  to  yourselves,  and  agree  to  be  satisfied 
with  what  you  consider  right  and  just.     My  family  is  small — 

213  L.  c,  pp.  77-79. 


Nicholas  Pomp  243 

myself  and  wife.  We  need  no  roomy  house  then.  It  will  not 
prove  a  hard  task,  I  think,  to  find  a  spot  for  me  to  occupy. 

Fifthly:  My  removal  will  not  be  attended  with  much  trouble 
and  expense,  as  my  goods  can  be  conveyed  by  water  from  Balti- 
more to  Philadelphia,  and  thence  by  wagons. 

The  Consistories  ought  to  assemble  and  deliberate  over  these 
several  points.  The  matter  is  very  important,  and  concerns  the 
welfare  of  many  souls,  whose  interests  suffer  in  consequence  of 
your  want  of  a  regular  Minister.  Consider  well  and  prayerfully. 
May  you  be  guided  in  determining  on  the  wisest  course.  You  can 
forward  the  result  of  your  deliberations  to  Pastor  Weyberg,  who 
will  report  to  me. 

I  am  affectionately  yours. 
N.  Pomp. 

According  to  Dr.  Weiser,  the  joint  consistory  met  at  the 
parsonage  on  October  24th,  concluded  to  comply  with  Mr. 
Pomp's  conditions  and  extended  to  him  a  unanimous  call, 
which  he  promptly  accepted.  In  the  beginning  of  the 
month  of  December,  1789,  he  moved  Into  his  new  field. 

Nicholas  Pomp  was  one  of  the  strong  and  Influential 
men  of  the  Reformed  Church  and  deserves  a  more  ex- 
tended notice.  About  his  life  In  Europe  Mr.  Pomp  him- 
self has  left  a  short,  but  fragmentary  autobiographical 
sketch,  which  we  reproduce  In  full  In  an  English  trans- 
lation i^^^ 

Autobiography  of  the  Rev.  Nicholas  Pomp. 

I,  Nicolaus  Pomp,  have  deemed  it  well  to  write  up  an  account 
of  my  life  so  that  my  late  descendants  may  be  able  to  read  and  see 
how  their  ancestor  has  fared  in  this  world. 

I  saw  the  light  of  day  in  Manbiichel,  then  in  the  Duchy  of 

-1^  It  was  formerly  in  possession  of  Dr.  Jos.  H.  Dubbs,  who  published  it 
in  part  in  his  RejormeJ  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  pp.  190-192.  It  is  now 
in  possession  of  the  writer. 


244  History  of  the   Goshenhoppen   Charge 

Zweibriicken,  January  20,  1734.  My  honored  father  was  Peter 
Pomp.  My  dear  mother  Elisa,  his  lawful  wife.  These  parents 
brought  me  on  the  fourth  day  after  my  birth  to  holy  Baptism. 
After  which  only  this  is  to  be  noted  that  for  three  years  I  lay  sick, 
as  my  parents  told  me.  Nevertheless  I  got  well  again,  so  that  I 
could  go  to  school  and  was  able  to  work.  In  my  14th  year  I  had 
read  the  Bible  several  times  and  was  also  able  to  recite  the  Heidel- 
berg Catechism.  Catechetical  instruction,  which  I  received  from 
ministers,  was  so  effective  that  I  became  a  new  man  and  loved  the 
triune  God  heartily.  With  worldly  people  I  did  not  want  to 
have  anything  to  do.  Hence  I  sought  solitude,  where  I  could 
pour  out  my  soul  to  God  and  in  which  my  soul  took  much  delight. 
My  only  desire  for  the  world  was  this,  that  I  might  become  a  min- 
ister, whereby  I  could  call  sinners  to  repentance.  But  my  father 
did  not  want  to  consent  to  it,  because  it  would  cost  him  too  much 
to  let  me  study,  without  which  I  could  not  become  a  minister. 
He,  therefore,  urged  me  against  my  will  to  take  to  tailoring,  which 
trade  means  constant  sitting  and  which,  after  a  few  years,  under- 
mined my  health  completely.  Hence  my  father  did  not  insist  that 
I  should  continue  this  trade,  but  gave  me  the  permission  to  study, 
so  that  in  time  I  might  become  a  minister,  if  my  health  and  his 
resources  would  permit  it. 

I  was  now  20  years  of  age  when  my  studying  began  with  all 
seriousness.  I  spent  a  period  of  four  years  in  school,  where  I  learnt 
Latin  and  Greek  as  well  as  Hebrew  pretty  thoroughly.  Then  (in 
the  24th  year  of  my  age)  I  went  to  Marburg,  in  Hesse,  to  study 
theology  in  the  university. 

Here  there  is  a  break  in  the  manuscript,  the  lower  part 
of  the  page  being  torn  off.  The  stor}'^  is  continued  on  the 
next  page: 

Although  they  had  before  been  inclined  to  disparage  me,  being 
unwilling  to  make  me  a  candidate  [of  theologj'],  now  so  were  so 
well  disposed  towards  to  me,  that  without  my  request  they  were 
ready  to  assist  in  my  ordination  and  introduction  into  the  ministry. 
When  information  came  from  Holland  that  the  Synod  there  wished 


Autobiography  of  Pomp  245 

to  promote  me  to  the  mfnfstry  in  America,  I  was  ordained  in  the 
city  of  Cassel  and  sent  with  an  excellent  testimonial  to  Holland 
Ihe  Synods  examined  me  and,  because  they  found  me  well  quali- 
fied, they  gave  me  535  guilders  for  traveling  expenses  and  a  good 
recommendation  to  the  congregations  in  America,  which  I  was 
expected  to  serve.  I  was  15  weeks  on  the  ocean  from  Holland  to 
l^hiladelphia,  where  I  arrived  December  8,  1765. 

At  the  same  time  my  ministry  in  Falkner  Swamp  and  Vincent 
began  After  I  had  spent  seven  years  with  these  congregations  I 
marned  Elisabeth  Dotterer,-^  a  widow  with  six  children  and  no 
property  but  we  lived  happily  together.  I  was  not  rich  either, 
but  we  had  as  much  as  we  needed  day  by  day.  One  son  was  born 
to  us  ,n  wedlock,  who  remained  our  only  child  and  whom  I  called 
Thomas.-^  After  we  had  raised  him,  I  myself  educated  him  for 
the  jnmistry  as  well  as  I  could.  He  became  indeed  a  minister  and 
has  been  a  great  comfort  to  myself  and  his  mother 

to  relate  everythmg  that  happened  to  me  at  Falkner  Swamp      I 

was  E,i.abe.h  Antes,  born  Januar.  a,    (or  Fe^:::  %.  "rw^^  e)"  ::3T 

nee  Dewees      Wh  .       "''  "'"'''  "^"^^  ^"^  ^^  "^^^^er  Christina, 

she  sfavld 111  h     r  T/,      '""  '"  ^'^  '-'''  ^^"^^^  ^°  ^^^hlehem,  where 

D^t^^r^-rrhor^  ra^sij-h'^-r^^  ™-t^-"^^^^^  ^^^'- 

u      I-     L       ,    ..  cniiaren,  two  sons  and  tour  dancrhtprc: 

Her  husband  d  ed  August  2?    1-7-71      <;j,.  ,r,o     •  j  •  aaughters. 

R»,r    \T  u  ^       T,      ^"^""^  23,  1771-     bhe  married  again,  April  2^    1772 
Rev.  Nicholas  Pomp,  with  whom  she  had  one  son    Thnm.;  p  cu 

rj.,-^;:;',^-  -  -•  -  --  -  -^  "z-,:t;  H.t 

ordained  in  i7o<      In  th.  flu  ,  "'   ^^^  ^^amined   and 

a.nea  in  1795.     In  the  following  year  he  became  pastor  of  the  Easton 

i^^/A^r.  ./  //;,  /?./or,„r^  C/n^rch,  Vol.  IV,  pp.  15.30.  ' 


246  History  of  the  Goshcnhoppen   Charge 

only  want  to  say  this,  that  I  remained  18  years  in  the  service  of 
this  congregation  and  then  I  accepted  a  call  to  Baltimore  in  1783. 
My  departure  from  Falicner  Swamp  caused  much  bitterness  and 
sadness  among  the  people,  for  the  welfare  of  whose  souls  I  had 
cared  so  long  and  so  earnestly.  Hardly  a  single  person  wanted  to 
be  satisfied  with  my  removal,  although  they  could  soon  get  another 
and  perhaps  a  better  preacher.  Yet  they  were  not  satisfied  with  it. 
I  also  went  away  with  a  sad  heart,  but  with  the  thought  that  I 
had  done  more  good  among  these  people  than  I  had  believed  before. 
In  Baltimore  I  could  only  stand  it  for  six  5'ears  [i  783-1 789] 
and,  although  I  did  my  best  to  build  up  this  congregation,  I  was 
unable  to  stay  any  longer  with  a  quarreling  church.  For  the  new 
church  which  they  had  to  build,  caused  a  division  into  two  parties 
and  I  could  side  with  only  one  party.  .  .  .  [The  rest  of  the  manu- 
script is  torn  off.] 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Coetus,  held  June  7-8,  1790,  at 
Falkner  Swamp, 

the  three  united  congregations  in  Goshcnhoppen  sent  their  dele- 
gates with  a  call  for  Do.  Pomp,  thus  far  minister  in  Baltimore. 
They  desired  to  have  him  as  their  regular  pastor  in  place  of  Do. 
Fabcr,  deceased.  But,  as  the  parsonage  of  the  congregation  is  still 
occopied  by  the  widow  of  Do.  Faber,  whom  one  would  not  like  to 
drive  out,  the  congregations  are  advised  to  provide  a  house  for  Do. 
Pomp,  and  to  continue  the  kindness  towards  the  widow,  as  far  as 
possible. 

At  the  same  meeting  Pomp  reported  about  his  new  con- 
gregations. There  were  200  families,  40  baptized,  52 
confirmed,  3  schools  with  120  scholars. 

But  the  ministry  of  Pomp  at  Goshenhoppen  was  of  short 
duration.  At  New  Goshenhoppen  his  baptisms  extend 
from  November  26,  1789,  to  July  25,  1790,  and  his  wed- 
dings from  December,  1789,  to  August  10,  1790.  At 
Great  Swamp  ten  baptisms  were  entered  by  him  from  Jan- 


Pastorates  of  Pomp  247 

uary  3,  1790,  to  June  18,  1790.  Only  at  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen  his  ministry  seems  to  have  been  longer.  His  bap- 
tismal entries  there  extend  from  January  3,  1790,  to  May 
28,  1792.  The  annual  financial  settlement  at  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen,  made  on  July  19,  1791,  was  written  by  Mr. 
Pomp.  But  one  of  the  items  of  the  account  was  "£2  5s 
for  fire  wood  for  Rev.  Mr.  Faber."  At  the  meeting  of 
Coetus  on  June  27  to  28,  1791,  at  Lancaster,  Pomp  is 
marked  absent  "on  account  of  indisposition,"  but  he  is 
already  called  "minister  in  Indianfield." 

In  August,  1790,  Mr.  Pomp  began  his  ministry  at  In- 
dianfield (now  called  Indian  Creek)  and  Tohickon.  His 
entries  in  the  Indian  Creek  record  are  headed  with  this 
statement : 


lis  con- 


After  I,  Nic.  Pomp  had  been  called  to  the  service  of  thi.  con- 
gregation in  Indian  Creek  and  Tohickon  and  in  the  beginning  of 
the  month  of  August  entered  upon  this  service,  there  follow  now 
the  names  of  the  baptized  children  of  said  congregation. 

The  first  baptism  following  this  beginning  is  dated  Au- 
gust 26,  1790.  Mr.  Pomp  remained  pastor  at  Indian 
f  ^;ll^-^"g"st,  1797.  From  April,  1794,  till  August, 
1796,  Whitpain,  now  Boehm's  church  at  Blue  Bell,  was 
part  of  his  charge.  In  1797  he  retired  to  Easton  to  live 
with  his  son,  Thomas  Pomp,  who  had  become  pastor  there. 
He  died  at  Easton,  September  i,  18 19. 

It  was  while  pastor  at  Falkner  Swamp  that  Mr.  Pomp 
wrote  a  book,  by  which  he  is  best  known.  It  was  a  refu- 
tation of  the  teachings  of  the  Universalists,  as  contained  in 
the^  book  of  Paul  Siegvolck,  entitled  "  Das  Ewige  Evan- 
gehum,"  which  had  been  published  in  German  by  Saur  the 
Germantown  printer,  in  1768.  Pomp's  book,' while' not 
a    profound    treatise,     was    a     creditable    performance. 


248  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Translated  into  English  the  title  reads:  "Brief  Examina- 
tion of  the  Doctrine  of  the  Eternal  Gospel,  by  which  it  is 
clearly  shown  that  the  Restoration  of  all  things  is  vainly 

Surjaffagte 


SOemli 

IDag  man  tie  IPietcrbrtttQtfng 
altei:  ^inge  in  ber  ^ettigen  i5<^nft 

auf  ^tit\)Xtr\  eif  Itr  grtunbe  i«m  ©turf 
bifST&ttt 

ton 

9?.  <Pomp,  V.  D.  M. 

^  ^  i  I  a  b  e  I  p  i  df 

1774. 

sought  in  Scripture.  At  the  request  of  many  friends  pub- 
lished by  N.  Pomp,  V.D.M.,  Philadelphia,  printed  by 
Henry  Miller,  1774,"  i2mo,  preface  12  pp.,  and  text 
200  pp. 


CHAPTER   XIV. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr., 
1791-1807. 

0^0 ^'^  1 79 1  <^he  wish  of  the  Goshenhoppen  people  was 

_fl  I      gratified  to  have  their  former  pastor's  son  with 
^S  I      them  as  the  successor  of  his  father. 
1^1 1  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr.,  was  born  in  the 

^*-^  parsonage  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  in  Upper 
Hanover  township,  as  the  oldest  child  of  his 
parents.  His  father  himself  entered  the  record  of  his 
birth  into  the  New  Goshenhoppen  book:  "On  September 
24,  1 77 1,  a  son  was  born  to  me.  Pastor  Faber,  named 
Johannes  Theobald.  Witness  was  Daniel  Gross,  minister 
at  Saucon  and  Springfield." 

As  a  boy  he  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  the  parochial 
school  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation  and  the 
additional  instruction  of  his  father. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age  he  headed  a  class  of  61  cate- 
chumens at  New  Goshenhoppen,  who  were  confirmed  by 
his  father  on  April  9,  1787. 

He  pursued  his  classical  studies  under  the  Rev.  Frederick 
Valentin  Melsheimer,  pastor  of  the  Lutheran  congregation 
at  Hanover,   York   County.     He   studied   theology  with 

249 


250  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Rev.  Dr.  William  Hendel,  Sr.,  from  1 782-1794,  pastor 
at  Lancaster,  Pa.  As  his  course  of  special  study  covered 
only  three  years  it  was  at  most  incomplete  and  hurried. 

He  was  licensed  probably  sometime  in  the  year  1791, 
for  his  baptisms  begin  in  the  spring  of  1792. 

At  the  meeting  of  Coetus,  held  May  6  to  7,  1792,  at 
Philadelphia,  "  the  congregations  of  Old  and  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen presented  a  call  for  Mr.  John  Faber,  and  asked 
that  he  be  examined  and  ordained.  The  Reverend  Coetus 
resolved  that  he  be  examined  on  the  following  day  by  Do. 
Hendel,  Helffrich  and  Pomp." 

On  the  following  day  the  minutes  report: 

In  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  first  session,  Mr.  John 
Faber  was  examined  by  Dos.  Hendel,  Pomp,  Helffrich  and  Blumer. 
The  committee  made  a  report  in  reference  to  the  examination  of 
Mr.  Faber,  and  stated  that  he  had  not  given  such  satisfactory  an- 
swers to  the  dogmatical  questions  proposed  as  they  had  expected 
from  him ;  still,  out  of  regard  to  the  Goshenhoppen  congregations 
and  his  widowed  mother,  the  examination  was  approved  and,  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  he  was  recognized  as  qualified  for  the  ministrj', 
and  it  was  resolved  that  Dos.  Helffrich,  Blumer,  Pomp  and  Del- 
licker  ordain  him  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  ordination  of  the  young  candidate  took  place  at 
Goshenhoppen  on  June  23,  1792,  as  appears  from  the  fol- 
lowing letter  of  Mr.  Delliker,  addressed  to  young  Faber. -^" 

Letter  of  Delliker  to  Faber,  Jr.,  May  12,  1792. 
My  dear  Faber: 

I  congratulate  you  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart,  on  the  success- 
ful issue  of  your  examination.  The  Lord  sustain  you  continually. 
The  request,  deo  volente,  I  will  endeavor  to  comply  with  and 
preach  the  sermon  on  the  day  of  your  ordination.     I  have  received 

217  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  83. 


John    Theobald  Faber,  Jr. 


2^1 


no  letter  from  Synod,  but  have  at  hand  one  addressed  to  Pastor 
Helffrich.  We  will  speak  more  definitely,  when  I  shall  have  the 
pleasure  to  be  with  you  on  the  day  before  the  23rd  of  June. 

I  am,  Reverend  Sir,  in  sincere  friendship, 
Our  highest  regards  to  you  all. 

Falkner  Swamp,  Your  humble  servant 

May  i2th,  1792.  p^,^  Delliker. 

_  Dr.  Weiser  has  preserved  a  traditional  account  of  his 
introductory  sermon  from  one  who  heard  it,  which  may 
well  be  repeated  : 

In  his  introductory  (sermon)  he  did  not  fail  to  call  attention  to 
^e  peculiar  solemn  position  in  which  he  found  himself  placed. 
Ihe  death  of  his  beloved  father  occuring,  as  it  were  in  the  very 
spot  on  which  he  was  then  speaking;  his  mouldering  remains  lying 
under  his  very  feet;  his  youth  and  hasty  preparation  to  become  his 
su-es  successor;  the  questionable  propriety  of  becoming  a  prophet 
in  his  own  country-on  all  these  points  the  voung  pastor  delicately 
touched  with  much  trembling  and  many  tears.  One  who  heard  it 
a  1  says :  When  he  exclaimed.  '  Who  is  sufficient  for  these  things  >  ' 
all  became  strangly  affected,  and  many  wept." 

In  the  spring  of  1792  young  Mr.  Faber  began  his  pas- 
toral  work  m  his  three  congregations.     Indeed  he  seems 
to  have  been  so  eager  for  his  work  that  he  officiated  as  a 
minister  even  before  he  was  ordained,  baptizing  several 
children  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  in  May,   1792.     During 
the  hrst  few  years  he  kept  the  various  church  records  fairly 
well.     Thus  at  New  Goshenhoppen  he  entered  59  bap- 
tisms from  the  summer  of  1792  to  September,   1795,  at 
Old  Goshenhoppen  he  entered   24  baptisms  from  May 
1792,  to  Aprd,   1795,  and  at  Great  Swamp  i,^  baptisms 
trom  the  summer  of  1792  till  September,  1796.     But  after 
the  latter  date  his  records  were  entirely  neglected,  no  en- 
tries of  any  sort  being  made  after  June  i,  1797      It  may 


252  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

of  course  be  that  he  kept  private  records  in  which  he  re- 
corded his  ministerial  acts,  but  judging  from  the  incom- 
plete and  careless  entries  actually  made  in  the  records,  that 
is  hardly  to  be  expected. 

Fortunately  the  lack,  of  information  regarding  his  pas- 
torate is  partly  supplied  by  the  account  books  of  the  Old 
Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp  congregations,  from 
which  the  following  interesting  entries  are  taken. 

In  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  account  book  (opened  in 
1772)  we  find  that  on  July  19,  1791,  the  congregation 
paid  to  the  schoolmaster,  Mr.  Jung,  15  shillings.  On 
June  15,  1792,  there  were  paid  to  Mr.  Faber,  Jr.,  15  shil- 
lings; to  Mr.  Peter  Hollebusch  for  expenses  to  go  to  the 
Coetus  7s.  6d;  to  the  schoolmaster  Jung  for  the  year  1791, 
£2.  5s.  On  December  5,  1793,  Mr.  Faber  signed  his  first 
receipt  for  salary  from  the  congregation,  amounting  to 
£24.  8s.  I  id.  This  was  probably  one  third  of  the  whole 
amount  he  received  from  the  charge.  Later  on  his  salary 
increased.  Beginning  with  the  year  1803,  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen paid  its  pastor  £33.  6s.  8d.  From  at  least  1804 
to  1807  Nicolaus  Weinel  was  the  schoolmaster  of  the  con- 
gregation, who  was  paid  £6  for  playing  the  organ  and 
leading  the  singing.  The  account  book  makes  us  ac- 
quainted with  three  of  the  early  schoolmasters  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen,  Henrich  Hemsing,  from  at  least  1772  to 
1782.  Then  there  was  probably  a  change.  Payments 
to  the  schoolmasters  are  noted  from  1785  to  1789,  but  no 
name  is  mentioned.  In  July,  179 1,  schoolmaster  Jung  is 
mentioned.  How  long  he  served  cannot  be  made  out. 
From  1804  to  at  least  April  i,  1807,  Nicolaus  Weinel 
served  in  that  capacity. 

From  the  Great  Swamp  account  book  (begun  in  1759, 


Great  Swamp  Account  Book  253 

but  poorly  kept,  with  many  years,  e.g.,  1770  to  1793,  en- 
tirely wanting),  we  have  culled  some  items  of  interest: 

On  August  5,   1794,  the  following  payments  were  en- 
tered into  the  record : 

£  s.  d. 

Paid  to  Mr.  Hendel   —  i  loYi 

paid  as  rent  to  Mrs.  Levy  for  Mr.  Pomp —  15  — 

paid  to  Mr.  Jest  Wiand  to  fetch  Mr.  Faber  from  Lancaster  —  12  — 

paid  to  go  to  Coetus  —  8  — 

paid  to  Mr.  Hendel    —  15  — 

"     "    ditto    —  3           9 

"     "    Mrs.  Levy  as  rent  for  Mr.  Pomp   —  15  — 

"     "    ride  to  the  Coetus  —  5  — 

"     "    Mr.    Philip    Eberhard    to   go   to   the   Coetus   in 

Phila.   [1792]    —  II  — 

On  March  19,  1796,  we  find: 

£  s.  d. 

Paid  to  Mr.  Faber,  minister,  on  account  of  his  salary  . .   12.  7.          6. 

paid   to   the   administrator   of   the    late    Mr.    Faber   for 

salary  still  due  him   24.  11.         4. 

Received  on  March  15.  1796,  from  Philip  Eberhard, 
Jacob  Schmid,  Johannes  Jung  and  Philip  Mumbauer, 
deacons  and  elders  at  this  time,  the  sum  of  100  dol- 
lars to  secure  a  patent  for  the  pastor's  land  [glebe]  at 
Goshenhoppen. 

David  Spinner. 

On  November  i6,   1797,  the  following  items  deserve 
notice: 

£  s.  d. 

Paid  for  15  bushels  of  lime  for  the  schoolhouse —  15.  — 

paid  for  the  masons   —  18.  — 

paid  for  12  pounds  of  nails   —  15.  — 

paid  for  glass 2.  16.  10. 

paid  for  100  shingles  for  the  parsonage  3.  15.  — 

paid  for  205  feet  of  boards  for  the  same  —  17.  — 

paid  for  puddy —  4.          6. 

paid  for  a  ten  plated  stove  6.  —  — 

paid  to  ride  to  Synod  3.  15.  — 

paid  for  grass  for  use  of  Mr.  Faber —  10.  — 


254  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

paid  for  springhouse  at  parsonage   —         lo.        — 

paid  for  pump  at  parsonage 3.         o.  7. 

On  August  9,   1804,  £2.14.3.   were   paid   for   repairs  to 

the  schoolhouse. 

Paid  for  a  bake-oven  in  the  parsonage i.  6.  2. 

On  May  23,  1805,  £6.2.10.  were  paid  for  repairs  to  the 

parsonage. 

From  1797  to  1804  John  Jung  signed  receipts  for  re- 
pairs to  the  schoolhouse.  He  is  probably  identical  with 
the  schoolmaster  Jung  mentioned  in  1791  in  the  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen book. 

In  1 801  the  four  united  congregations  of  Northampton, 
Jordan,  Union  and  Egypt  extended  a  call  to  Mr.  Faber 
to  become  their  pastor,  but  he  declined  it.^^^ 

Faber  attended  the  meetings  of  Synod  faithfully,  except 
in  1803  and  1806.  In  the  former  year  he  was  sick.  In 
1807  he  was  secretary,  in  1808  president  of  Synod. 

A  letter  of  Rev.  Jacob  Senn,  pastor  at  Tohickon  and 
Indianfield,  to  Mr.  Faber,  referring  to  his  sickness,  is  pre- 
served in  the  archives  of  the  Reformed  Seminary  at  Lan- 
caster.    It  is  interesting  enough  to  be  inserted  here:^^* 

Letter  of  Rev.  Jacob  Senn  to  Rev.  John  T.  F.aber,  Jr. 

RocKHiLL,  February  22,  1803. 
Dear  Friend  and  Brother! 

1  received  your  letter  and  heard  with  pleasure  that  you  are  again 
improving.  I  entertain  the  hope,  that  (God  willing)  you  will 
soon  regain  your  former  health  and  strength,  and  thus  be  able  to 
attend  again  to  your  ministry,  which  is  no  doubt  much  to  be 
desired  both  by  yourself  and  your  congregations. 

I  have  also  had  sickness  in  my  family  for  a  long  time.  My  wife 
has  been  unwell  for  almost  two  years  and  sometimes  I  have  had 

218  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1801,  Session  I,  §2. 

219  This  letter  also  was  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  writer  by  Prof.  Geo. 
W.  Richards,  D.D.,  of  the  Lancaster  Seminary. 


Letter  of  Senn  to  Faher 


255 


little  hope  for  her  recovery,  but  now  (thank  God)   she  is  better 
again. 

As  regards  your  request,  I  am  willing  and  ready  to  serve  you, 
but  I  cannot  do  it  at  the  time  set  by  you.  I  can  never  take  away 
a  Sunday  (as  you  no  doubt  know  yourself)  without  first  informing 
the  congregation  and  that  cannot  be  done  before  three  weeks. 
Three  weeks  from  yesterday  I  am,  therefore,  ready  to  serve  you, 
if  that  is  agreeable  to  you.  You  may  therefore  announce  it,  if 
agreeable,  that  I  shall  conduct  services  for  you  on  March  13th. 

With  a  friendly  greeting  to  yourself  and  wife,  I  remain, 
(Address)  Your  Friend  and  Servant 

Rev.  Mr.  J.  T.  Faber,  Jacob  Senn. 

New  Goshenhoppen. 

In  1807  Mr.  Faber  accepted  a  call  from  the  New  Hol- 
land charge,  Lancaster  County,  where  he  remained  pastor 
till  1 8 19,  when  he  returned  to  Goshenhoppen. 


CHAPTER   XV. 
Ministry  of  Rev.  Albert  Helffenstein,  1808-1811. 

CHOOLMASTER  Nicolaus  Weinel  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen  introduces  us  to  the  next  min- 
ister. In  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  account 
book  he  made  an  entry  which  fixes  the  exact 
time  when  the  new  pastorate  began : 

On  June  19,  1808,  the  young  Rev.  Mr.  Helfenstein  delivered 
his  first  introductory  sermon  here  in  Old  Goshenhoppen,  On  Sun- 
day before  he  made  the  beginning  at  New  Goshenhoppen. 

Albert  Helffenstein  was  the  fifth  son  of  the  well-known 
Reformed  preacher  of  Germantown,  John  Conrad  Al- 
bertus  Helffenstein,  and  of  his  wife,  Catharine  Kircher,  a 
native  of  Philadelphia. ^^"^  He  was  born  in  Germantown, 
March  13,  1788.  He  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  his 
father's  church. 

He  received  his  theological  education  from  Rev.  Dr. 
Christian  Ludwig  Becker,  from  1795  to  1806  pastor  at 
Lancaster,  and  from  1807  to  18 18  pastor  at  Baltimore. 
Dr.  Becker  was  a  fine  scholar  and  pulpit  orator  and  well 
qualified  to  prepare  young  men  for  the  ministry.     Nine- 

--0  They  were  married  on  February  11,  1773,  at  Philadelphia.  Their 
marriage  is  recorded  in  the  old  record  book  of  the  First  Reformed  Church 
at  Philadelphia,  see  Pennsylvania  Archives,  2d  Series,  Vol.  VIII,  p.  678. 

256 


Albert  Helffenstein  257 

teen  students  received  their  theological  instruction  from 
him  during  the  last  sixteen  years  of  his  life  (1800- 
18 16). 221 

After  completing  his  theological  training  Helffenstein 
appeared  before  Synod,  which  met  at  his  native  place, 
May  15,  1808.  At  that  time  "a  call  was  received  from 
Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp  for  Mr.  Albert  Helffen- 
stein." 

Similar  calls  were  received  at  the  same  time  for  other 
candidates.  It  was  then  resolved  "that  the  candidates 
Messrs.  Runkel,  Jr.,  Gloninger,  Schaffner,  Becker  and 
Helffenstein  be  examined  this  evening.  The  committee 
of  examination  consists  of  Messrs.  Helffrich,  Wack,  Hoff- 
meier  and  Senn."-^- 

On  the  next  day  the  committee  "  who  were  appointed  to 
examine  the  several  candidates  last  evening,  reported,  that 
the  young  gentlemen  sustained  a  perfectly  satisfactory  ex- 
amination. It  was  resolved,  that  these  young  men  be 
ordained  this  evening.  Messrs.  Faber,  Geistweidt  and 
Hoffmeier  were  appointed  the  committee  of  ordination." 

Helffenstein  entered  upon  his  work  at  Goshenhoppen 
immediately  after  the  meeting  of  Synod,  preaching  on 
June  12,  1808,  his  installation  sermon  at  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, as  the  record  of  schoolmaster  Weinel,  already 
quoted,  proves.  On  June  21  he  had  his  first  funeral  at 
New  Goshenhoppen.  But  his  ministry  was  of  short  dura- 
tion. On  May  11,  181 1,  he  entered  his  last  baptism  at 
New  Goshenhoppen, 

The  record  of  his  pastoral  work  at  Goshenhoppen  is  not 
complete.     He  only  entered  70  baptisms,  22  funerals  and 

221  Good,  History  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States  in  the 
Nineteenth  Century,  New  York,  1911,  p.  13  f. 

222  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1808,  Session  I,  §§3,  7;  Session  III,  §2. 
18 


258  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

1 2  weddings  into  the  records.  There  are  no  weddings 
recorded  by  him  at  Great  Swamp  and  even  the  other  en- 
tries are  incomplete,  most  of  them  stopping  in  1809. 

His  ministry  seems  to  have  extended  till  October,  181 1, 
for  on  October  27,  181 1,  he  signed  a  receipt  for  salary  for 
four  months  from  the  Great  Swamp  congregation.  His 
salary  was  apparently  one  hundred  dollars  from  each  con- 
gregation. In  July,  1809,  1 8 10  and  181 1,  he  signed  re- 
ceipts for  $100  each  from  the  Great  Swamp  congregation. 

Dr.  Weiser  reports^^^  that  like  Mr.  Pomp  he  resided  at 
first  with  a  widow  Levy  at  New  Goshenhoppen,  later  with 
Mr.  Pannebecker,  until  the  new  parsonage  was  completed. 

Being  a  city  boy  and  more  accustomed  to  the  English 
language  than  the  German,  he  felt  ill  at  ease  among  the 
German  farmers  at  Goshenhoppen.  He,  therefore,  ac- 
cepted in  181 1  a  call  to  Carlisle,  where  he  stayed  till  18 19. 
Then  he  was  pastor  at  Baltimore  from  1819  to  1835. 
After  that  he  left  the  Reformed  Church,  removed  to  Ohio 
and  entered  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  In  185 1 
he  applied  to  Lebanon  Classis  to  be  received  back  to  the 
church  of  his  fathers.  His  request  was  granted  with  cer- 
tain conditions  which  he  fulfilled.  At  the  same  meeting 
of  Classis  he  presented  a  call  from  the  Elizabethtown 
charge  in  Lancaster  County,  which  Classis  confirmed. 
He  labored  in  this  field  till  1853,  when  he  retired  from  the 
ministry.  In  1859  he  removed  to  Shamokin,  where  he 
resided  with  his  nephew,  Chas.  P.  Helffenstein.  There 
he  died  January  30,  1869.^^* 

223  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  89. 

224  For  a  sketch  of  Albert  Helffenstein's  life  see  Heisler,  Fathers,  Vol. 
IV,  pp.  67-70. 


CHAPTER   XVI. 

Ministry  of  Rev.  Frederick  William  Van  der 
Sloot,  Jr.,  1812-1818. 

AFTER  Mr.  Helffenstein  had  left  Goshenhop- 
pen  in  October,  18 11,  the  congregations 
were  without  a  pastor  for  more  than  a  year. 
In  November,  18 12,  they  succeeded  in  se- 
curing a  new  pastor.  He  himself  has  left 
a  statement  in  the  New  Goshenhoppen  rec- 
ord which  fixes  the  time  of  his  arrival.  "  On  November 
12,  18 1 2,  I  entered  upon  my  ministry,  but  funerals  did  not 
occur  till  1 8 13."  This  new  pastor  was  Frederick  William 
Van  der  Sloot,  Jr.,  son  of  the  former  pastor. 

Frederick  William  Van  der  Sloot,  Jr.,  was  born  No- 
vember 15,  1773,  at  Dessau,  in  the  Duchy  of  Anhalt,  Ger- 
many."-^ The  following  is  a  translation  of  the  baptismal 
entry  in  the  church  record  at  Dessau : 

To  Mr.  Philipp  Wilhelm  Friedrich  Van  Der  Sloot,  appointed 
conrector  of  the  Latin  school  of  this  place  and  to  his  wife,  nee 
Schultz,  a  3'oung  son  was  born,  Friedrich  Wilhelm,  early  at  one 
o'clock,  Monday  morning,  the  15th  of  November  1773,  and  was 
baptized  in  the  house  on  the  same  day. 

225  For  the  history  of  Mr.  Von  der  Sloot,  Jr.,  see  History  and  Genealogy 
of  the  Von  der  Sloot  Family,  pp.  18-23. 

259 


26o  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

He  studied  In  the  University  of  Leipzig,  and,  after 
completing  his  studies,  emigrated  to  America  In  the  year 
1 80 1.  He  landed  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  whence  he  con- 
tinued his  journey  to  Philadelphia.  From  there  he  made 
his  way  In  a  "market  wagon"  to  Northampton  County, 
Pa.,  where  he  found  his  father  ministering  to  seven  or 
eight  congregations. 

In  1802  young  Van  der  Sloot  appeared  before  the 
Synod  of  the  Reformed  Church,  which  met  from  May  16 
to  18,  1802,  at  Philadelphia.     On  Monday,  May  17, 

a  communication  was  received  from  the  congregations  in  Allen, 
Moretown,  Lehigh  and  Hanover  townships,  asking  Synod  to  hold 
a  tentamen  with  young  Mr.  Van  der  Sloot,  and  to  place  him  in  a 
position  to  serve  them  as  their  pastor.  Resolved,  that  a  committee 
of  five  be  appointed  to  hold  a  tentamen  with  him.  The  following 
persons  constituted  the  committee :  Messrs.  Hendel,  Wagner,  Wack, 
Sen.,  Runkel  and  Wack,  Jr. 

On  Tuesday  morning,  May  18, 

the  committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Hendel,  Wagner,  Wack,  Sen., 
and  Wack,  Jr.,  reported  that  they  held  a  tentamen  with  ^Ir.  Van 
Der  Sloot,  and  found  his  qualifications  such  that  he  can  with  pro- 
priety be  licensed  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  Resolved  that 
Mr.  Van  Der  Sloot  be  licensed.--** 

Later  on  in  the  same  session  we  read  that, 

to  Mr.  Van  Der  Sloot,  in  connection  with  his  tentamen,  was  as- 
signed the  duty  of  preparing  a  sermon  on  Rom.  8:1. 

At  the  meeting  of  Synod,  held  May  8  to  10,  1803,  at 
Lebanon, 

application  was  made  this  morning  by  the  congregations  of  Mr. 
Van  Der  Sloot  for  his  ordination.  The  subject  was  again  taken 
into  consideration  this  afternoon.     It  was  resolved  that  Mr.  Van 

2-C  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1802,  Session  I,  §  5 ;  Session  III,  §§  i,  6. 


Frederick  Wm.  Van  Der  Shot,  Jr.  261 

Der  Sloot  be  ordained.  Messrs.  Helffrich,  Pomp,  and  Hoffmeier 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  ordain  him  in  his  congregations  on 
the  second  Wednesday  after  Whitsuntide;--'  (June  8,  1803). 
In  May,  181 1,  Mr.  Van  der  Sloot  informed  Synod 
that  he  had  left  the  congregations  he  had  heretofore  served  and 
accepted  a  call  from  the  congregation  at  Germantown.  The  call 
was  confirmed  by  Synod.-^s 

Shortly  after  entering  upon  his  ministry  in  Northampton 
County  Mr.  Van  der  Sloot  had  been  married,  on  Novem- 
ber II,  1802,  to  Catharine  Pauli,  daughter  of  the  Rev 
Philip  Reinhold  Pauli,  of  Reading,  Pa.  The  marriage 
ceremony  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  Hendel, 
Jr.,  then  pastor  at  Tulpehocken. 

Mr.  Van  der  Sloot  remained  only  a  short  time  in  Ger- 
mantown. As  we  have  learned  from  his  own  entry  in  the 
New  Goshenhoppen  record,  he  came  to  Goshenhoppen  in 
November,  18 12. 

The  record  of  his  ministry  at  Goshenhoppen  is  very  in- 
complete. Even  his  baptisms  were  not  fully  recorded. 
At  New  Goshenhoppen  are  21  baptisms  by  him  from  Jan- 
uary 24,  1 8 13,  to  August,  1818;  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  he 
recorded  20  baptisms  from  February  28,  1813,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1 8 17,  and  at  Great  Swamp  19  baptisms  were  entered 
into  the  record  by  him  from  May  22,  18 14,  to  November 
22,  1818.  The  records  of  his  funerals  are  entirely  want- 
ing, five  lonely  burials  at  New  Goshenhoppen  excepted. 

While  pastor  at  Goshenhoppen  Mr.  Van  der  Sloot  also 
supplied  the  Reformed  congregation  at  the  Trappe,  Mont- 
gomery County. 

Dr.  Weiser  draws  this  interesting  picture  of  him  as  pas- 
tor at  Goshenhoppen  : 

227  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1803,  Session  II,  §  9. 

228  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1811,  Session  III,  §  15. 


262  History  of  the  GoshenJioppen   Charge 

His  large,  burly  form,  his  stentorian  voice,  his  peculiar  power  to 
sing,  pray  and  preach,  his  natural  abilities  and  pulpit  aptitude,  his 
jovial  nature,  funded  with  wit  and  anecdote,  his  afifable  and  friendly 
mien — all  these  bold  features  of  the  man  are  still  to  be  freshly 
traced  in  the  minds  of  his  old  parishioners,  and  are  likely  to  per- 
petuate his  portrait  life-sized  to  another  generation.^^^ 

As  now  a  full  century  has  passed  since  the  beginning  of 
Mr.  Van  der  Sloot's  pastorate  at  Goshenhoppen,  it  is 
hardly  probable  that  the  recollection  of  his  jovial  person- 
ality and  short  labors  is  still  so  vividly  retained  by  the 
present  generation. 

His  ministry  at  Goshenhoppen  came  to  a  close  in  No- 
vember, 18 18.  From  entries  in  the  Old  Goshenhoppen 
account  it  appears  that  his  annual  salary  from  that  congre- 
gation was  $200,  the  other  two  congregations  contributing 
probably  an  equal  sum. 

In  December,  18 18,  we  find  him  in  Philadelphia.  As 
nothing  has  appeared  thus  far  In  English  regarding  his 
activity  In  Philadelphia,  It  may  be  well  to  Insert  here  a 
brief  sketch  of  his  labors  there,  based  upon  a  recent  inves- 
tigation of  the  writer. 

In  the  summer  of  18 18,  English  church  services  were 
Introduced  Into  the  old  Reformed  church  at  Philadelphia. 
The  German  element  of  the  congregation,  which  had  for 
years  fought  against  their  introduction,  felt  so  much  ag- 
grieved that  they  left  their  church  and  formed  an  Inde- 
pendent congregation.  In  July,  18 18,  they  rented  the 
"  Old  Commissioners  Hall "  on  Third  Street  below  Green 
and  asked  a  Lutheran  minister.  Rev.  Karl  R.  Demme,  to 
preach  for  them.  On  August  26,  18  18,  they  elected  the 
Hrst  consistory,  consisting  of  four  elders,  four  deacons  and 
five  trustees.     On  September  i,  1818,  they  sent  a  petition 

--"  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  91. 


Van  Der  Shot  in  Philadelphia  263 

to  Synod,  which  met  September  8  at  Carlisle,  asking  that 
their  action  be  confirmed  and  they  be  allowed  to  organize 
a  German  congregation.  Their  petition  was  readily 
granted  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  install  the  con- 
sistory.^^" This  took  place  on  September  20,  18 18.  On 
November  9,  18 18,  an  election  for  pastor  took  place,  as 
a  result  of  which  Frederick  William  Van  der  Sloot  was 
elected.  He  hesitated  at  first  to  accept  it,  but  after  his 
salary  had  been  fixed  at  1,200  dollars,  he  accepted  on 
December  2.  On  January  i,  18 19,  he  delivered  his  intro- 
ductory sermon,  in  Zion's  Lutheran  Church  to  a  large 
audience,  preaching  from  the  text  Ezekiel  3:  17,  "Son  of 
man,  I  have  made  thee  a  watchman  unto  the  house  of 
Israel." 

Under  the  leadership  of  the  new  pastor  steps  were  at 
once  taken  for  the  building  of  a  church.  On  February 
15,  1 8 19,  the  congregation  resolved  to  build  a  church  50 
feet  wide  and  67  to  70  feet  long.  On  March  27  the  con- 
gregation was  incorporated.  In  April  a  schoolhouse  was 
bought  on  Rose  Alley,  the  present  Bodine  Street. 

The  cornerstone  of  the  new  church  was  laid  with  special 
services  on  May  9,  18 19.  At  this  time  the  church  was 
named  "  Salem  Church,"  which  is  still  its  name.  A  spe- 
cial feature  of  the  celebration  were  a  series  of  hymns  which 
the  pastor  had  written  and  for  which  the  schoolmaster, 
Jacob  Bibighaus,  had  composed  the  music.  The  church 
was  dedicated  October  24,  18 19,  with  a  still  more  elabo- 
rate celebration,  for  which  the  pastor  had  again  composed 
the  hymns  and  the  schoolmaster  had  written  the  music. 
The  following  verses  may  be  quoted  as  a  sample  of  pastor 
Van  der  Sloot's  German  poetry: 

230  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  18 1 8,  p.  14,  §§  10,  11. 


264  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

Ist's  wirklich? — Nlcht  ein  siisser  Traum? 
Dass  hier,  aus  diesem  oden  Raum — 
Zu  Menschen  Gliick  und  Gottes  Lob — 
So  schnell  sich  dieses  Haus  erhob? 

Chorus: 

Nein!  Nicht  eIn  Traum.     Der  Gott,  der  uns're  Vater 
In  friih'rer  Zeit  berieth,  der  ist  auch  spater — 
Noch  unser  Gott.     In  seinem  Arm  gestiitzet, 
Umschliesst  er  uns;  er  ist  ihm  nicht  verkiirzet: 
Umschliesst  er  uns  mit  himmlischen  Erbarmen — 
Beseelet  uns  mit  Muth  in  Seinen  Armen. 

Another  verse  refers  to  the  name  of  the  new  church: 

Durch  Christum  war  der  Herr  euch  nah, 

Auf !  Singet  laut  Hallelujah! 

Zieht  jubelnd  in  eu'r  Salem  ein: 

Der  mit  euch  war,  wird  mit  euch  seln. 

But  although  the  congregation  had  now  a  beautiful 
property  and  a  new  home,  their  joy  was  by  no  means  un- 
mixed, for  there  was  also  a  large  debt  on  the  property. 
But  the  members  did  not  lose  courage.  Several  commit- 
tees were  at  once  appointed.  One  to  collect  among  the 
members  of  the  congregation.  Another  committee  went 
to  Baltimore  where  they  succeeded  in  raising $208.  Then 
they  wrote  letters  to  the  different  congregations  of  the 
Synod,  asking  them  to  take  up  a  collection  for  them.  To 
satisfy  the  most  urgent  creditors  a  mortgage  of  $5,000 
was  taken  upon  the  property  on  July  23,  1821.  In  No- 
vember of  the  following  year  they  asked  the  legislature  of 
the  state  for  permission  to  start,  in  accordance  with  a  then 
prevailing  custom,  a  lottery  to  pay  off  their  debt.  But 
their  petition  was  apparently  not  granted. 

As  they  felt  that  they  could  not  meet  their  obligations, 


Pastorates  of  Van  Der  Shot  265 

the  consistory,  in  January,  1821,  fixed  the  pastor's  salary 
at  $800,  but  when  Van  der  Sloot  expressed  his  unwilling- 
ness to  serve  for  that  sum,  they  allowed  him  to  take  up  an 
extra   collection   for  the   remaining  $400.     But  such  an 
arrangement  could  not  be  continued  for  any  length  of 
time.     Evidently  Van  der  Sloot,  too,  saw  that  their  ex- 
penses had  to  be  curtailed,  hence  he  handed  in  his  resigna- 
tion on  December  26,  1823.     The  four  years  which  Van 
der  Sloot  had  spent  in  the  congregation  had  not  been  with- 
out success.     In  1819  he  reported  304  members,  26  con- 
firmed, 50  baptisms  and  19  funerals.     In  1820  the  num- 
ber of  members  had  risen  to  346.     That  there  was  also 
a  healthy  internal  growth  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1 82 1,  the  first  society  of  men  was  organized,  and  in 
April,  1823,  the  Sunday  School.     But  the  finances  of  the 
congregation  could  not  be  put  on  a  sound  basis  till,  on  Jan- 
uary 5,  1824,  Henry  Bibighaus  was  elected  Van  der  Sloot's 
successor  at  a  salary  of  $400,  which  was  better  within  the 
reach  of  the  congregation  to  pay.-^^ 

From  Philadelphia  Van  der  Sloot  went  to  Virginia, 
where,  in  March,  1824,  he  accepted  a  call  of  eight,  later 
ten,  congregations  in  Rockingham  and  neighboring  coun- 
ties. Here  he  preached  for  about  three  years,  until,  in  the 
spring  of  1827,  he  was  called  to  York  and  Adams  coun- 
ties, where  he  served  nine  congregations — Pigeon  Hill, 
Holtzschwam,  Straher's,  Rosstown  and  Franklin  in  York 
County,  and  Bermudian,  Oxford,  Abbottstown  and  Berlin 
m  Adams  county.  These  congregations  he  served  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  which  took  place  in  Paradise  town- 

231  A  more  extensive  history  of  Salem's  Reformed  Church  at  Philadel- 
phia, was  read  by  the  writer  on  October  15,  1899,  in  that  church,  and 
prmted  \n  the  Kirchenzeitiing. 


266  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

ship,  on  December  14,  1 83 1 .     He  was  buried  in  the  grave- 
yard of  the  Holtzschwamm  church. 2^- 

Mr.  Van  der  Sloot  was  a  good  linguist  and  he  had  also 
talent  and  taste  for  poetry.  A  number  of  his  poems  and 
hymns  have  been  printed.  As  a  minister  he  was  an  untir- 
ing worker.  In  the  thirty  years  of  his  ministry  he  is  said 
to  have  served  thirty-three  congregations.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  the  counsels  of  the  church.  In  1821  he  was  elected 
clerk  of  Synod  and  in  the  following  year  its  president. 
When  Philadelphia  Classis  was  organized  in  1820,  F.  W. 
Van  der  Sloot  became  its  first  president  and  Jacob  W. 
Dechant  its  first  secretary. 

232  For  a  sketch  of  F.  W.  Von  der  Sloot's  life  see  Harbaugh,  Fathers, 
Vol.  Ill,  pp.  118-121. 


2!^:^^ 


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CHAPTER   XVII. 

The  Division  of  the  Charge  in  1819,  and  Rev.  John 

T.  Faber's  Second  Pastorate, 

1819-1833. 

^^ry^lSTORY  often  repeats  Itself.     This  proved  to 
^Jj^.       be  the  case  at  Goshenhoppen.     Just  as  the 
^Hh^V      elder  Faber,  after  an  absence  of  seven  years, 
mr  "■       was  glad  to  return  to  the  field  of  his  first 
^^^      labors,  so  the  younger  Faber  followed  in  the 
*        footsteps  of  his  father,  when  after  the  de- 
parture of  F.  W.  Van  der  Sloot,  Jr.,  he  accepted  a  call 
from  his  first  congregations  to  return  to  them.     The  call 
extended  to  him  is  an  interesting  historical  document  which 
deserves  preservation.     It  reads  as  follows  :-^^ 

Call  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Congregation  to  Mr. 
Faber,  Jr. 
Reverend  Sir: — 

Inasmuch  as  the  Rev.  Mr.  Von  Der  Sloot  has  resigned  the  office 
of  pastor  over  us  and  accepted  a  call  from  the  new  German  con- 
gregation in  Philadelphia,  we  are  compelled  to  renew  our  efforts 
to  secure  the  services  of  another  shepherd.  At  the  suggestion  of 
several   members   of   the  consistory  of   the   congregation   at   Old 

2"3  Weiser,  Monograph,  pp.  98-101. 

267 


268  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen   Charge 

Goshenhoppen,  wc  resolved  to  hold  an  election  in  the  three  congre- 
gations. As  3'ou  have  been  our  pastor  in  former  years,  as  well  as 
your  father  before,  and  as  we  have  always  cherished  a  peculiar 
love  and  affection  for  you,  it  is  our  heart's  desire  that  you  return 
to  us  again.  This  general  esteem  and  confidence  which  we  have 
ever  borne  you,  manifested  itself  also,  at  the  time  of  our  election, 
on  which  occasion  the  congregations  at  New  Goshenhoppen  and 
Great  Swamp  cast  a  unanimous  vote  in  your  favor.  To  this 
unanimity  Old  Goshenhoppen,  it  is  true,  forms  an  exception. 
There  the  election  was  not  held  on  the  appointed  day ;  but  that 
congregation  will  be  obliged  to  submit  to  the  will  of  the  majority — 
as  is  but  right  and  proper.  After  having  learned  the  result,  we, 
the  elders  and  deacons,  in  the  name  of  the  congregations,  call  the 
Reverend  John  Theobald  Faber,  at  present  pastor  over  the  New 
Holland  charge,  as  our  minister  and  pastor  over  our  congregations, 
to  preach  the  word  of  God  among  us,  to  administer  the  holy  sacra- 
ments, and  to  discharge  all  those  duties  becoming  a  faithful  Chris- 
tian minister  of  the  German  Reformed  Church,  And  as  he  who 
ministers  at  the  altar  shall  also  live  by  the  altar,  we,  therefore, 
promise  on  our  part,  and  in  the  name  of  the  congregations,  to  pay 
you  annually  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars;  and  be- 
sides, the  possession  of  the  parsonage,  and  whatsoever  else  is  cus- 
tomary to  be  given  as  perquisites  on  funeral,  marriage  and  con- 
firmation occasions. 

We  now  pray  you  to  accept  our  call,  which  we  as  representatives 
of  our  charge  extend  to  you,  and  to  favor  us  with  an  answer,  in 
writing,  so  that  we  may  make  arrangements  to  bring  you  and 
your  dear  family  among  us.  Do  not  allow  yourself  to  be  discour- 
aged by  the  fact  that  the  election  was  not  held  at  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen at  the  time  appointed,  but  on  a  wholly  different  day — 
which  was  irregular — and  that  on  that  occasion  a  majority  of 
votes  was  cast  for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Zeller.  Our  three  congregations 
constitute  a  pastoral  charge — the  majority  of  whose  votes  were  cast 
in  your  favor.  Though  the  two  congregations  elected  you — 
unanimously,  to  say — and  a  minority  of  the  third  even,  you  will 
yet  be  the  choice  of  the  large  majority  of  the  charge ;  and  you  are 


John  Theobald  Faber  Jr.  269 

hereby  truly  and  solemnly  called  as  its  minister.  If  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen  should  desire  to  sever  her  connection  with  us,  we  will, 
nevertheless,  pay  you  the  full  amount  promised.  We  fear  greatly 
that  our  flock  may  be  scattered,  and  on  this  account  the  more 
urgently  request  you  to  show  your  love  toward  us,  by  accepting  our 
call.  The  Lord  will  in  future  be  with  us  and  bless  His  word  to 
the  salvation  of  our  souls. 

Undersigned  by  our  hands  as  elders  and  deacons  of  the  joint 
congregations,  and  given  by  us  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  A.D. 
1819. 


John  Gery 

Adam  Everhart 


John  Hillegass  1 

Adam  HiLLEGAS  VDeacons. 

Henry  Ott  j       ^^^      Mich.  Roudenbush  J 

Jacob  Dubbs 

The  expectations  of  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great 
Swamp  that  Old  Goshenhoppen  would  acquiesce  In  the 
choice  of  the  majority  were  not  fulfilled.  The  opposition 
to  Mr.  Faber  was  so  serious  that  they  refused  to  recon- 
sider their  action,  but  appealed  to  Synod  for  help. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Synod  held  on  September  5  and 
following  days  of  the  year  18 19,  at  Lancaster, 

a  letter  from  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  congregation  was  read.  In 
which  the  Reverend  Synod  was  requested  to  permit  them  to  secure 
services  on  Sunday  afternoon  through  a  minister  of  Synod.  A 
committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Wack,  Sen.,  Hinsch  and  Elder 
Graff  was  appointed  to  take  this  letter  under  consideration. 

On  the  following  day  the  committee  handed  in  the  fol- 
lowing report: 

The  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  conditions  In  the  Old 
and  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp  congregations,  report: 
"  That  they  had  found  that  Rev.  Mr.  Faber  has  been  elected  pastor 
by  a  very  large  majority  In  the  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Swamp 
congregations,  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  congregation,  however,  does 


270  History  of  the  Goshenhoppen  Charge 

not  seem  to  be  inclined  to  Mr.  Faber."  It  is  the  judgment  of  the 
committee  that  it  would  be  advisible  for  Synod  to  give  the  Old 
Goshenhoppen  congregation  the  friendly  advice,  to  unite  with  the 
other  two  congregations  rather  than  sever  a  bond  of  eighty-two 
years  standing,  for  the  committee  cannot  imagine  how  the  Old 
Goshenhoppen  congregation  will  gain  anything  by  withdrawing 
from  the  union  with  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great  Swamp.'^* 

At  the  same  meeting  of  Synod,  in  18 19,  John  T.  F'aber 
reported  as  his  congregations  Old  Goshenhoppen,  New 
Goshenhoppen,  Great  Swamp  and  Trappe  in  Montgomery 
County.  He  had  baptized  90,  confirmed  35,  buried  34, 
and  202  members  had  communed.  He  also  reported  one 
school.  The  inclusion  of  Old  Goshenhoppen  was  prob- 
ably due  to  the  fact  that  the  final  decision  as  to  the  attitude 
of  the  congregation  had  not  yet  been  rendered.  When  it 
was  rendered  it  was  adverse  to  accepting  Mr.  Faber  as  its 
pastor,  in  spite  of  the  friendly  advice  of  Synod. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Classis  of  Philadelphia,  held  at 
Philadelphia  on  April  30  to  May  i,  1820, 

a  letter  was  read  from  the  congregation  of  the  Rev.  J.  Faber,  in 
which  they  expressed  their  satisfaction  with  his  ministry.  A  letter 
from  Mr.  Faber  was  also  read  in  which  he  excused  his  absence 
because  of  sickness.     The  excuse  was  unanimously  accepted. 

The  minutes  of  Synod  of  1820  show  also  what  had  be- 
come of  Old  Goshenhoppen.  Jacob  William  Dechant  is 
reported  as  pastor  of  Pikeland,  Chester  County,  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen in  Montgomery  County  and  Hilltown.  His 
baptisms  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  begin  on  December  25, 
1 8 19.  On  December  30,  1820,  he  signed  a  receipt  in  the 
Old  Goshenhoppen  account  book  for  170  dollars  salary. 

The  separation  of  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  congregation, 
which  occurred  in  18 19,  was  final.     It  never  returned  to 

234  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  1819,  p.  19,  §  15 ;  p.  21,  §  9. 


THE    PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN    SOCIETY. 


REV.    CLEMENT    Z.    WEISER. 


Faber's  Death  271 

the  former  charge.  The  congregation  of  Upper  Milford 
took  its  place  and  remained  under  Faber's  care  to  the  end 
of  his  life. 

There  is  only  one  later  event  in  the  pastorate  of  the 
younger  Faber  which  deserves  some  notice.  It  is  the  re- 
markable manner  of  his  death,  almost  an  exact  reproduc- 
tion of  that  of  his  father.  We  quote  fittingly  the  descrip- 
tion of  Dr.  C.  Z.  Weiser,  who  has  done  so  much  to  pre- 
serve the  history  of  the  congregation  -.-^^ 

Pastor  Faber's  history,  like  that  of  his  sainted  father,  came  sud- 
denly and  solemnly  to  a  close.  At  the  funeral  services  of  Mrs. 
Peter  Maurer  he  was  taken  ill  in  the  middle  of  his  discourse,  and 
sank  away.  The  excitement  of  the  congregation  cannot  well  be 
described.  It  was  on  the  first  day  of  February,  just  forty-five 
years  later  than  the  time  his  father  had  received  his  final  call  to  the 
eternal  world.  Several  helping  hands  bore  the  sick  pastor  away 
to  the  school-house  and  subsequently  to  the  parsonage.  Here  he 
lingered  ten  days.  His  death  occurred  on  the  loth  of  February, 
1833,  at  an  age  of  61  years,  4  months  and  11  days.  His  remains 
were  laid  alongside  of  those  of  his  father,  beneath  the  chancel  of 
the  church.  Over  the  elder  Faber's  tomb  were  placed  the  words: 
"Approach  lightly."     Over  that  of  the  son:  "  Depart  softly." 

With  the  division  of  the  charge  and  the  second  pastor- 
ate of  John  T.  Faber  the  first  part  of  its  history  came  to  a 
close.  In  1827  the  first  century  of  congregational  life 
was  ended.  Having  reached  this  point,  our  task  is  accom- 
plished and  we  lay  down  our  pen,  leaving  the  later  history 
to  some  future  historian. 

235  Weiser,  Monograph,  p.  106. 


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Cbuvcb  IRecovbs 


CHURCH  RECORDS  OF  THE  NEW  GOSHENHOPPEN 

REFORMED  CONGREGATION,  UPPER  HANOVER 

TOWNSHIP,  MONTGOMERY  COUNTY,  PA. 

VOLUME    I,  1731-1761. 
VOLUME  II,  1762-1832. 

Translated  and  Edited  by 
William  J.  Hinke,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

The  church  record  herewith  published  has  the  unique  distinction 
of  being  the  oldest  known  record  book  of  the  Reformed  Church  in 
the  United  States.  It  is  the  property  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen 
Reformed  congregation,  which  worships  in  the  New  Goshenhoppen 
Reformed  Church,  a  building  standing  about  one  mile  west  of  East 
Greenville,  Montgomery  County,  Pa.,  close  to  the  east  bank  of  the 
Perkiomen  Creek. 

The  book  measures  7^  inches  in  width  and  12^^  inches  in 
length.  It  is  bound  in  heavy,  leather-bound,  oak  covers.  The 
leather  was  at  one  time  tastefully  tooled,  but  it  is  now  torn  and 
shows  the  signs  of  age.  It  was  also  provided  with  iron  clasps,  but 
they  have  mostly  disappeared,  and  only  parts  of  them  have  survived. 
The  number  of  leaves  still  in  the  book  is  eighty-one.  They  arc 
water-stained  and  yellow  with  age. 

The  publication  of  this  record  is  justified  by  both  historical  as 
well  as  genealogical  considerations.     It  is  on  the  one  hand  an  im- 

272 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Title  273 

portant  source  of  family  history'  for  the  Goshenhoppen  region, 
making  us  acquainted  with  some  of  the  most  prominent  families  in 
the  Perkiomen  Valley.  But  it  is  also  important  as  a  source  for 
church  history,  because  it  contains  the  record  of  the  ministerial 
labors  of  some  of  the  earliest  Reformed  ministers  in  Pennsylvania. 

The  title  page  is  especially  interesting  and  important.  It  was 
written  by  John  Henry  Goetschius  (or  Goetschy).  Being  undated 
it  was  formerly  thought  to  have  been  written  as  early  as  1731,  when 
the  first  baptismal  entries  were  made.  But  this  is  now  known  to  be 
an  error,  because  documents  both  in  Switzerland  and  Pennsylvania 
prove  that  Mr.  Goetschy  did  not  come  to  Pennsylvania  till  1735. 
As  the  title  page  of  the  Great  Swamp  record  was  written  in  1736, 
so  it  is  most  likely  the  case  with  this  record.  At  least  we  cannot 
be  far  from  right  when  we  say  that  it  was  entered  about  the  year 
1736. 

The  title  page  reads  verbatim  et  literatim : 

Das  Buch  Kost  5  schiling. 

Tauf  Buch 

der  Gemeind  von  Coschenhope. 

In  welchem  verzeichnet  sind  die  Namen 

der  Kinderen 

welche  durch  die  H.  Tauf  nach  dem  Befehl  Jesu 

under  die  Gemeine  Gottes  als  Glieder  an- 

genomen  worden,  im  beyseyn  Christlicher  Tauf 

Zeugen,  der(en)     Namen  samt  der  Getauften  Kinder(en) 

Eltern  von  den  (en)   rechtmesigen  Lehrern  hier 

eingezeichlet  worden. 

Gott  wolle  Ihre  Namen 

mit  dem  Blut  Jesu  aus 

dem  Siinden  Buch  ausl6sch(en) 

und  in  das  Lebens  Buch 

ein  Schreiben.    Amen. 

Joh.  Henricus  Goetschius,  V.  D.  M. 

Helvetiae  Tigurinae 
et  cet. 

Pronuncia[n]s  veritatem  in 
Schippach,  Alt  Coschenhopen,  Neu  Coschenhopen,  Schwam, 
Sacen,  Aegipten,  Macedonia,  Missillem,  Oli,  Bern, 
Dolpenhacen. 


274 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


This  means : 

This  Book  costs  5  shillings. 
Baptismal  Book 
of  the  Congregation  of  Goshenhoppen, 
in  which  are  recorded  the  names 
of  the  children, 
who,  through  H.  Baptism,  according  to  the  command  of  Jesus 
were  received  into  the  congregation  as 
members,  in  the  presence  of  Christian  wit- 
nesses, whose  names  together  with  those  of  the 
parents  of  the  baptized  children  have  been  here 
recorded  by  the  regular  ministers. 

May  God  erase  their  names 

with  the  blood  of  Jesus  from 

the  book  of  sin 

and  enroll  them 

in  the  book  of  life.     Amen. 

John  Henry  Goetschius,  V.D.M., 
of  Zurich,  Switzerland,  etc., 
preaching  the  truth  at 

Skippack,  Old  Goshenhoppen,  New  Goshenhoppen, 
[Great]    Swamp,   Saucon,   Egypt,   Maxatawny, 
Moselem,  Oley,  Berne  and  Tulpehocken. 


List  of  the  Heads  of  Families  Belonging  10  the  Congregation  of  New 
Goshenhoppen,  Reformed  Members: 

Herman  Fischer 

Conrad  Colb 

Joh.  Michael  Moll 

Fridrich  Hilligas 

Michael  Reder 

Joh.  Bartholomeus  Kuker 

Michael  Lutz 

Andreas  Lohr 

Georg  Mertz 

Michael  Fabion 

Henrich  Jung 

Philip  Jacob   Schellhammer 

Leonhardt  Knopf 

Jacob  Knopf 

Caspar  Kamm 


[l] 

Johan  Steinmann 

[16] 

[2 

1   Henrich  Galman 

[17] 

[3 

Johanes  Bingeman 

[18] 

[4^ 

Joh.  Georg  Welker 

[19] 

[5 

Benedict  Strohm 

[30] 

[6 

Philip  Emmert 

[21] 

[7 

Johanes  Hut 

[22] 

[8 

Abraham  Transu 

[23] 

[9 

Andreas  Grebcr 

[24] 

[10 

1  Philip  Ried 

[25] 

[11 

1   Georg  Mess 

[26] 

[12 

Joh.  Georg  PfalzgraflF 

[27] 

[13 

1  Jacob  Fischer 

[28] 

[14 

1  Paul   Staab 

[29] 

[15 

Wendel  Wiand 

[30] 

New  Goshenhoppen — Voll.  I.     Member. 


[Zi]  Caspar  Holzhauser 

[32]  Michael  Zimmerman 

[33]  Baltasar  Hut 

[34]  Niclaus  Ensly 

[35]  Jacob  Maurer 

[36]  Fridrich  Maurer 

[37]  Christian   Knopf 

[38]  Fridrich  Pfanenbeker 


[39]  Benedict  Raderly 

[40]  Valentin    Griesemer 

[41]  Lorentz  Hartman 

[42]  Georg  Philip   Dotder 

[43]  Jacob  Meyer 

[44]  Daniel  Lawar 

[45]  Peter   Walper[t]. 


275 


[This  h'st  of  45  members  fs  Jn  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Goetschius 
and  was  therefore  made  sometime  between  1 736-1 739.] 


List  of  the  Heads  of  Fam 
THE  Congregation 

[i]  Peter  Beissel 

[2]  Philip  Ried 

[3]   Berenh[ard]   Gucker 

[4]  Adam  Bosserdt 

[5]  Andres  Ohl 

[6]  Conrad  Zimmerman 

[7]  Jacob  Ridi 

[8]  J.  Adam  Hillikas 

[9]   Georg  Peter  Hillikas 
[lo]   Fridrich  Hillikas 
[11]   Henerich  Gallman 
[12J  J.  Gallman 
[13]  Andres  Greber 
[14]    Ullrich  Greber 
[15]   Wilhelm   Griesemer 
[16]   Peter  Lauer 
[17]   Michael  Roeder 
[18]  Jost  Schlicher 
[19]   David  Schmidt 
[20]  Jacob  Gery 
[21]  Valadin   Griesemer 
[22]   Caspar  Holtzhauser 
[23]  Leonhardt  Griesemer 
[24]  J.   Georg  Steinman 
[25]   Benedict   Strohm 
[26]   Henrich  Jung 


iLiES  WHO  IN  New  Goshenhoppen  Belong  to 
OF  THE  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss. 

[27]   Michael  Moll 

[28]  J.  Georg  Welcker 

[29]   Conrad  Wannenmacher 

[30]   Melchior  Kolb 

[31]   Michael  Ried 

[32]   Andres   Mauerer 

[33]  Abraham  Segler 

[34]  Weygandt  Pannenbeek 

[35]  J.  Schell 

[36]   Georg  Zimmerman 

[37]   Wilhelm  Geiger 

[38]  J.  Nicolaus  Jung 

[39]   Georg  Michael  Kolb 

[40]  Samuel   Somani 

[41]  J.  Mack 

[42]   Herman  Fischer 

[43]   Wendel  Wigand 

[44]  Jacob  Mauerer 

[45]   Friderich  Mauerer 

[46]  J.  Huth,  Senior 

[47]  J-  Huth,  Junior 

[48]   Philip  Huth 

[49]  J.  Nicolaus  Ohl 

[50]   Henerich  Gebel 

[51]   Michael   Schell,   Junior 

[52]  Jacob  Fischer 


276 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


List  of  the  Heads  of  Families  who  in  Old  Goshenhoppen  Belong  to 
THE  Congregation  of  the  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss. 


[i]  Johannes  Jost 
[2]  Jacob  Hauk 
[3]   Jacob   Weitman 
[4]   Samuel  Schiiler 
[5]  Benedict  Scliwob 
[6]   Daniel  Hister 
[7]   Jost  Keller 
[8]   Hennerich  Buhl 
[9]   Felix  Lee 
[10]  Jacob  Grub 
[ii]  J.  Hollenbusch 
[12]   H.  Hollenbusch 
[13]  J.  Werman 
[14]  Jacob  Isset 
[15]   J.  Gantz 
[16]   J.  Muck 
[17]   H.  Bamberger 
[18]  J.  Brunner 
[19]  Andres  Miiller 


[21 
[22 

[23 
[24 

[25 
[26 
[27 
[28 
[29 
[30 

[31 
[32 

[33 
[34 
[35 
[36 

[37 


Philip  Wentz 

Johannes  Faust 

Kilian  Zimmerman 

Ullerich  Herzel 

J.  Denig 

Hoffel  Dickenschitt 

Jacob  Hoffman 

Gabriel  Schiiler 

J.  Gotz 

Simon  Mag 

J.  Lee,  Junior 

J.  Denig,  Junior 

Baltasar  Lamper 

Philip  Ried 

H.  Bamberger,  Junior 

N. —  Dickenschitt,  Junior 
J.  Gotz,  Junior 
N.  — *  Hildenbeidel 


List  of  the  Heads  of  Families  who  in  Great  Swamp  Belong  to  the 
Congregation  of  the  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss. 


[i]   Franz  Rus 

[2]   Ullerich  Rieser 

[3]  Ludwig  Bitting 

[4]  Alexander  Diefendorfer 

[5]   Peter  Linn 

[6]   J.  Schmidt 

[7]   Christian  Miiller 

[8]   N.  —  Muller 

[9]  Jacob   Diibs 
[10]   Jacob  Wetzel,  Junior 
[ji]   N.  _  Kehler 
[12]   Jacob  Wetzel,  Junior 
[13]   Felix  Brunner 
[14]   J.  Reiswick 
[15]  Joseph  Eberhardt 
[16]   Michael  Eberhardt 


[17]  Michael  Eberhardt,  Junior 

[18]   Uly  Spinner 

[19]  J.  Bleiler 

[20]   Hennerich  Bleyler 

[21]   Peter  Bleyler 

[22]   Philip  Hcger 

[23]   N.  —  Hitz 

[24]  J.  Huber 

[25]  Abraham  Faust 

[26]   Hennerich  Huber 

[27]   Jacob  Huber 

[28]   Rudy  Huber,  the  wagoner 

[29]   N.  —  Huber,  the  tailor 

[30]   Son-in-law    of    Mr.    Hitz    [cf. 

No.  23]. 
[31]  Rudy  Frick 


•  N.  —  means  that  the  name  was  unknown  to  the  writer. 


New  Goshenhoppen — Fol.  I.     Baptisms         277 

[32]  Abraham  Ditloh  [40]  Valadin  Kaiser 

[33]  N.  —  Ditloh,  Junior  [41]  Daniel  Hucken 

[34]  J.  Nicolaus  Mombauer  [42]  N.  — *  Huber,  bro.  of  Huber, 

[35]   Paul  Samsel  the  tailor 

[36]   N.     —     Villauer      [Christian  [43]  A  weaver  living  at  Ditloh's 

Willauer]  [44]  G.  —  Weiss 

[37]  Johannes  Huber  [45]  N,  —  Kunius 

[38]  J.  Huber,  Junior  [46]  David  Streib 

[39]   Philip  Boehm,  the  locksmith  [47]  Andres  Greber 

[These  three  lists  were  entered  by  Rev.  George  Michael  Weiss, 
probably  in  the  year  1758,  when  the  record  book  came  into  his 
hands,  according  to  a  note  entered  on  p.  37  of  the  original.] 

[I.    BAPTISMS  BY  THE  REV.  JOHN  PETER  MILLER,   1731-1734.! 
In  August,  173 1. 

Elisabetha,  parents,  Philip  LABAAR  and   wife.     Witnesses,   Fridrich 
Hillegas  and  wife. 

Anna  Maria  and  Jacob,  parents,  Fridrich  MAURER  and  wife.     Wit- 
nesses, Anna  Maria  Segler  and  Jacob  Maurer. 

Maria   Susanna,   parents,  Johan  Georg  WELCKER  and   wife.     Wit- 
nesses, Maria  Susanna  Zimmermann. 

Anna    Catharina,    parents,    Herman    FISCHER    and    wife.     Witness, 
Anna  Catharina,  wife  of  Joh.  Mack. 

Johann  Wilhelm,  parents,  Andreas  HAG   and   wife.     Witnesses,  Joh. 
Wilhelm  Schmidt  and  wife. 

Johann    Adam,    parents,    Henrich    RETHER    and    wife.     Witnesses, 
Michael  Rether  and  Susanna  Zimmermann. 

Elisabetha   Barbara,   parents,   Joh.   Michael   LUTZ.     Witnesses,   Frid- 
dich  Hilligas  and  wife. 
June  6,  173 1. 

Anna,  parents,  Herman  DECKER  and  wife.     Witness,  Anna,  wife  of 
Georg  Best. 

Johann  Adam,  parents,   Michael   HEYDER.     Witness,  Johann  Adam 
Blanck. 

Johanna  Elisabetha,  parents,  Joh.  Wilhelm  LABAAR  and  wife.     Wit- 
ness, Johanna  Elisabetha,  Frantz  Stupp's  daughter. 

Johann  Abraham,  parents,  Abraham  TRANSOU  and  wife.     Witness, 
Michael  Schell. 
August  22. 

Johann  Adam,  parents,  Johann  Jost  KOB   and  wife.     Witnesses,  Jo- 
hann Adam  Beuscher  and  wife. 

*  N.  —  means  that  the  name  was  unknown  to  the  writer. 


278  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Johannes,  parents,  Jacob  DANCKEL  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Johannes 
Bingeman  and  wife. 

Anna    Maria   Elisabetha,   parents,   Jost   HENCKEL    and    wife,     Wit- 
nesses,   Valentin    Griesenner    and    his    wife    and    Marie    Elisabetha 
Henckel. 
September  21. 

Maria  Margaretha,  parents,  Georg  RAUTENBUSCH  and  wife.  Wit- 
nesses, Jacob  Danckel  and  wife. 

Johann   Philip,   parents,  Johannes   HUTH    and   wife.     Witnesses,   Jo- 
hann  Philip  Emmcrth  and  wife. 
October  31. 

Johann   Jacob,    parents,   Wilhelm    SCHMITT    and    wife.     Witnesses, 
Jacob  Keller  and  wife. 
1732,  April  9. 

Maria  Magdalena,  parents,  Elias  LANG  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Maria 
Magdalena,  wife  of  Ludwig  Schlosser,  Anna  Maria,  wife  of  Georg 
Philip  Schuman. 

Anna  Elisabetha,  parents,  Johannes  BLEULER  and  wife.  Witnesses, 
Peter  Diethert  and  wife. 

Johann   Jost,    parents,    Joh.    Jost    SELER    and    wife.     Witnesses,    Jost 
Henckel  and  wife. 
April  II. 

Wilhelm  and  Abraham,  parents,  Jacob  SCHMIT  and  wife.     Witnesses, 
Wilhelm  Schmit,  Abraham  Saler. 
April  15. 

Johannes,  parents,  Johan  Philip  EMMERT  and  Maria  Catharina,  his 
wife.     Witnesses,  Johan  Hut  and  wife. 
April  16. 

Andreas,  parents,  Burckhard  HOFFMAN  and  wife.  Witnesses,  An- 
dreas Maurer  and  Anna  Maria  Zimmermann. 

Johann   Peter,   parents,  Jacob  WETZEL  and  wife.     Witness,  Johann 
Peter  Miiller. 
Jime  4. 

Johann  Wilhelm,  parents,  Hans  Adams  BLANCK  and  wife.  Wit- 
nesses, Wilhelm  Labaar  and  wife. 

Elisabetha  Barabara,  parents,  Fridrich  HILLIGAS  and  wife.  Wit- 
ness, Anna  Barbara,  daughter  of  Kaspar  Kamm. 

Anna  Maria,  parents,  Thomas  HAMMAN  and  wife.  Witness,  Anna 
Maria,  wife  of  Christian  Lehman. 

Anna  Clara,  parents,  Henrich  BISSBING  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Hen- 
rich  Bissbing  and  wife. 

Christophorus,  parents,  Philip  Jacob  SCHELLHAMMER  and  wife. 
Witness,  Christophorus  Schmitt. 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Baptisms        279 

June  II. 

Johan  Leonhard,  parents,  Valentin  GRIESHEIMER  and  wife.     Wit- 
ness, Johann  Leonliard  Hochgenuch. 

Johann   Michael,  parents,  Joseph  EBERHARD  and  wife.     Witnesses, 
Johan  Michael  Eberhard. 

Elisabetha,  parents,  Johannes  RENNBERG  and  wife.     Witness,  Adam 
Wanner. 

Anna  Margaretha,  parents,  Joseph  EBERHARD  and  wife.     Witness, 
Margaretha,  wife  of  Michael  Eberhard. 
July  30. 

Johann  Georg,  parents,  Johan  Peter  LAUER  and  wife.     Witness,  Jo- 
hann Georg  Zimmerman. 

Andreas,    parents,    Jacob    MAURER    and    wife.     Witness,    Andreas 
Maurer. 
November  24. 

Leonhard,  parents,  Johann  Adam  EUCHELING  and  wife.     Witnesses, 
Leonhard  Schmid  and  Anna  Maria  Herbig,  both  single. 

Susanna,     parents,     Bartbolomeus     GUCKER     and     wife.     Witnesses, 
Christopher  Schmit  and  wife. 

Christophorus,     parents,     Peter     WALBERT     and     wife.     Witnesses, 
Christopher  Schmit  and  wife. 
1733-     January  21. 

Susanna  Catharina,  parents,  Johan  Adam  STABLER  and  wife.     Wit- 
nesses, Philip  Emmert  and  wife. 

Johann  Fridrich,  parents,  Johann  Fridrich  MAURER  and  wife.     Wit- 
nesses and  wife,  Fridrich  Hilligas  and  wife. 
March  25. 

Johannes,   parents,  Paul   STAP   and   wife.     Witnesses,   Johannes   Hut 
and  wife. 

Maria   Margaretha,   parents,   Michael   DOTTERER   and   wife.     Wit- 
nesses, Hermann  Fischer  and  wife. 
April  22. 

Johann  Conrad,  parents,  Balthasar  HUTH  and  wife.     Witness,  Con- 
rad Kolb. 
May  20. 

Johann  Jacob,  parents,  Jacob  FISCHER  and  wife.     Witnesses,  Jacob 
Hoffman  and  wife. 

Maria  Catharina,  parents,  Johann  Philip  EMMERT  and  wife.     Wit- 
nesses, Adam  Stadler  and  wife. 

Johann  Georg,  parents,   Ulrich  HERTZEL  and  wife.     Witness,  Peter 
Moll. 

Catharina,   parents,   Christopher   MOLL   and   wife.     Witnesses,   Jacob 
Fischer  and  wife. 


28o  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Henrich,  parents,  Johann  BINGEMAN  and  wife.     Witnesses,  Henrich 
Rether  and  wife. 

Peter,   parents,    Georg   RAUTENBUSCH    and    wife.     Witness,    Peter 
Rautenbusch. 

Joh.  Michael,  parents,  Michael  ZIMMERMAN  and  wife.     Witnesses, 
Michael  Rether  and  Susanna  Zimmernnan. 
June  17. 

Johannes,    parents,    Casparus    HOLTZHAUSER    and    wife.     Witness, 
Johannes  Bingeman. 

Anna   Margaretha,  parents,  Adam  WANNER   and   wife.     Witnesses, 
Martin  Budding  and  wife. 
July  15. 

Maria    Barbara,    parents,    Herman    FISCHER    and    wife.     Witnesses, 
Andreas  Eccert,  single,  and  Maria  Barbara  Mack,  single. 
August  12. 

Johann  Henrich,  parents,  Peter  HESS  and  wife.     Witnesses,  Henrich 
Rether  and  wife. 

Anna  Maria,  parents,  Wilhelm  LABAR  and  wife.     Witnesses,  Adam 
Blanck  and  wife. 
September  16. 

Anna  Maria,  parents,  Peter  DIETERTH   and   wife.     Witness,  Anna 
Maria,  wife  of  Joh.  Bleuler. 
October  17. 

Feronica,   parents,   Andreas  LOHER   and   wife.     Witnesses,   Johannes 
Zechler  and  wife. 

Anna,  parents,  Jacob  DANCKEL  and  wife.     Witnesses,  Georg  Heilig 
and  wife. 
November  11. 

Anna   Barbara,    parents,   Joh.    Georg   STEINMAN    and    wife.     Wit- 
nesses, Anna  Barbara  Steinman. 
1734.     January  i. 

Johann   Adam,   parents,    Christian   WILLAUER    and    wife.     Witness, 
Johann  Adam  Beuscher. 

Maria   Margaretha,   parents,   Peter   MATERN   and   wife.     Witnesses, 
Henrich  Buskerk  and  Margaretha,  his  wife. 
July  28. 

Johann  Jacob,  parents,  Abraham  TRANDSU  and  Anna  Margaretha, 
his  wife.     Witnesses,  Jacob  Keller  and  Anna  Maria,  his  wife. 

Anna  Maria,  parents,  Michael   HEITER   and   wife  Catharina.     Wit- 
ness, Anna  Maria  Heck. 

Johan  Adam,  parents,  Hans  Michael  BUTZ  [Lutz]   and  Maria  Mar- 
garetha, his  wife.     Witness,  Johann  Adam  Beuscher. 


New  Goshenhoppen — Fol.  I.     Baptisms  281 

Margaretha,  parents,  Joh.  Georg  KRONER  and  Anna  Elisabetha,  his 
wife.     Witnesses,  Johannes  Geiger  and  Anna  Margaretha,  his  wife. 

Johannes,  parents,  Joh.  HUT  and  Anna  Maria,  his  wife.  Witness, 
Joh.  Philip  Emmerth. 

Anna  Maria,  parents,  Joh.  Philip  EMMERTH  and  Maria  Catharina, 
his  wife.     Witnesses,  Joh.  Hut  and  Anna  Maria,  his  wife. 

[These  69  baptisms  were  entered  during  the  ministry  of  John 
Peter  Miller.  The  chirography  is  that  of  a  well  educated  man 
and  the  natural  inference  is  that  Mr.  Miller  himself  made  these 
entries.  His  ministry  at  Goshenhoppen  is  placed  beyond  doubt  by 
the  letters  of  Mr.  Boehm,  quoted  above  (see  p.  79).  His  state- 
ments are  supported  by  the  fact  that  in  the  26th  baptism,  on  April 
16,  1732,  Johann  Peter  Miiller  acted  as  sponsor  (see  p.  278),  a 
role  which  the  pastor  frequently  filled  in  early  times.  Cf.  the  56th 
baptism  of  Mr.  Goetschy  (see  p.  284).  and  the  8th  baptism  of 
Frederick  Casimir  Miiller  (see  p.  286).] 

[U.    BAPTISMS  BY  JOHN  HENRY  GOETSCHY,  1736-1740.] 

List  of  the  Children  whom  I,  J.  Henricus  Goetschius,  h.ave  Baptized 
IN  THE  Congregation  of  Goshenhoppen,  A.  1736. 

April  25,  Hans  Martin,  father  Henrich  SCHMID,  mother  Anna  Marga- 
retha, witnesses,  Hans  Hut  and  Eva  Maria,  wife  of  Michel  Sebastian. 

Same,  Hans  Petter,  parents,  Hans  Adam  STABLER  and  Susanna  Caterina. 
Witnesses,  Johannes  Schellenberger,  Anna  Schellenberger. 

May  9,  Georg  Peter,  parents,  Fridrich  HILLIGAS  and  wife  Lisabarbara. 
Witnesses,  John  Jorg  Gut  and  wife. 

Same,  Philip  Henrich,  parents,  Andreas  LOHR  and  Christina.  Witnesses, 
John  Philip  Emmert  and  wife. 

Same,  Jorg  Antonius,  parents,  Peter  BEISEL  and  wife  Susanna.  Wit- 
nesses, Jorg  Mertz  and  wife. 

Same,  Eva  Lisabeth,  parents,  Bartlimaus  GUGER  and  wife  Catharina. 
Witnesses,  Fridrich  Hilledagas[ !]  and  daughter  Eva  Lisabeth. 

Same,  Fronegg  [Veronica],  parents,  Michael  ZIMMERMAN  and  wife 
Anna.     Witnesses,  Philip  Doder  and  wife. 

Same,  Catrina,  parents,  Michael  HEIDER  and  wife  Catrina.  Witness, 
Catrina  Herweg. 

Same,  Susan,  parents,  Tomas  HAMMAN  and  wife  Susan.  Witnesses, 
Christian  Leeman  and  daughter  Anna  Mary. 

Same,  Margreth,  parents,  Hans  WOLET  and  wife  Margreth.  Witnesses, 
Herman  Fischer  and  wife. 


282  Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 

May  23,  Margret,  parent,  Philip  RID. 

June  6,  Maria  Lisabeth,  parents,  Feltin  | Valentin]  GRISEMER  and  Anna 
Mary.     Witnesses,  Jacob  Dihl  and  wife  Maria  Lisabeth. 

June  20,  Sophia,  parents,  Wendel  WIAND  and  Anna  Margreth.  Wit- 
nesses, Jacob  Fischer  and  wife  Sophia. 

Same,  Anna  Catharina,  parents,  Michael  FABION  and  Dorothea.  Wit- 
nesses, Fridrich  Nuz  and  wife  Catharina. 

Same,  Elisabetha,  parents,  Abraham  TRANSO  and  Anna  Margretha. 
Witness,  Elisabeth  Schunk. 

Aug.  I,  Johannes,  parents,  Herman  FISCHER  and  Margaretha.  Wit- 
nesses, Johannes  Magg  and  Margaretha  Zimmerman. 

Same,  Johan  Chrlstophel,  parents,  Michael  MOLL  and  Rosina.  Witnesses, 
Christophel  Moll  and  wife  Anna  Catharina. 

Sept.  5,  Johannes,  parents,  Johan  Jost  OLLWEIN  and  Anna  Eva.  Wit- 
nesses, Johannes  Magg  and  Maria  Marg.  Zimmerman. 

Oct.  10,  Anna  Catrina,  parents,  Hans  SCHELLENBERGER  and  Anna. 
Witnesses,  Anna  Catrina  Kem  and  husband  Kaspar. 

Oct.  31,  Johan  Jorg,  parents,  Johan  Philip  EBERD  and  Maria  Catrina. 
Witnesses,  Johan  Jorg  Pfalzgraf  and  wife  Anna  Barbara. 

Dec.  5,  Anna  Maria,  parents,  Daniel  SCHWARZ  and  Eva  Gretha.  Wit- 
nesses, Niclaus  Ensli  and  wife  Anna. 

1737- 

March  27,  Anna  Margreth,  parents,  Michael  REDER  and  Susanna.  Wit- 
nesses, Georg  Welcker  and  wife  Anna  Margretha. 

April  II,  Jacob  Fridrich,  parents,  Conrad  KOLB  and  Maria  Barbara. 
Witnesses,  Jacob  Miiller  and  Eva  Elisabeth  Hilligas. 

Same,  Johannes,  parents,  Jacob  SCHMIDT  and  Apolonia.  Witnesses,  Jo- 
hannes Schuck  and  wife  Anna  Maria. 

Same,  Anna  Margreth,  parents,  Caspar  HOLZHAUSER  and  Margaretha. 
Witnesses,  Wendel  Wiand  and  wife,  Margaretha. 

Same,  Hans  Leonhardt,  parents,  Georg  Peter  KN'ECHT  and  Christina. 
Witnesses,  Hans  Leonhardt  Herzel  and  Anna  Maria  Galmann. 

Same,  Johan  Andreas,  parents,  Andreas  MAURER  and  Anna  Maria. 
Witnesses,  Andreas  Sechler  and  Anna  Maria  Sechler. 

Same,  Maria  Lisabeth,  parents  George  SCHUTZ  and  Anna  Christina. 
Witnesses,  Leonhardt  Bock  and  wife  Maria  Lisabeth. 

May  8,  Anna  Margaretha,  parents,  Herman  FISCHER  and  Margretha. 
Witnesses,  Wendel  Wiand  and  wife  Margaretha. 

Same,  Johannes,  parents,  Conrad  WANNENMACHER  and  Barbara. 
Witnesses,  Johannes  Bess  and  wife  Susanna. 


Nc-jc  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Baptisms        283 

Same,  Anna  Maria,  parents,  Niklaus  ENSLI  and  wife  Anna.  Witnesses, 
Anna  Maria  Wagenseiler,  daughter  of  Christina  and  Christopher 
Wagenseiler. 

Same,  Maria  Barbara,  Anna  Maria,  parents,  Ludvvig  DETRER  and  Anna 
Barbara.  Witnesses,  Anna  Barbara  Heriger,  daughter  of  Gottlieb 
Heriger,  Hans  Adam  Hilligas,  Anna  Maria  Steger,  wife  of  Hans 
Steger. 

June  19,  Elisabeth  Barbara,  parents,  Jacob  MAURER  and  Sophia  Lisabeth. 
Witnesses,  Fridrich  Hilligas  and  wife  Elizabeth  Barbara. 

Same,  Anna  Margreth,  parents,  Henrich  REDER  and  Anna.  Witnesses, 
Hans  Jorg  Welker  and  wife  Anna  Margareth. 

July  24,  Eva  Barbara,  parents,  Leonhardt  UX  [Ochs]  and  Catrina.  Wit- 
ness, Eva  Bai-bara  Kunius. 

Same,  Maria  Susanna,  parents,  Philip  Jacob  SCHELLHAMMER  and 
wife  Anna  Margreth.     Witnesses,  Maria  Lang  and  Susanna  Schmidt. 

Same,  Anna  Catrina,  parents,  Ulrich  ARNER  and  Ferena.  Witness,  Anna 
Catrina  Strom,  wife  of  Benedict  Strom. 

Aug.  21,  Johan  Caspar,  parents,  Michael  FABION  and  Dorothea.  Wit- 
nesses, Johan  Caspar  Grisemer  and  his  mother. 

Nov.  20,  Elisabeth,  parents,  Hanes  MAGG  and  Margreth.  Witness,  Elisa- 
betha  Zimmermann. 

1738. 

Febr.  i,  Anna  Christina,  parents.  Johann  Philip  EMMERT  and  Mary 
Catrina.     Witnesses,  Johannes  Hut  and  wife  Anna  Maria. 

Febr.  5,  Johan  Michael  and  Jacob,  parents,  Michael  DODDER  and  Anna 
Maria.  Witnesses,  Wendel  Wiand  and  Anna  Margreth,  Jacob  Fischer 
and  Sophia  Lisabeth. 

Same.  Philipina,  parents,  Wendel  WL'\ND  and  Anna  Margreth.  Wit- 
nesses, Daniel  Schoner  and  Maria  Catrina. 

Dec.  3,  Eva  Margretha,  parents,  Joh.  Jorg  BREY  and  Maria  Catrina. 
Witnesses,  Conrad  Tettrer  and  Eva  Margretha  Hut. 

Dec.  31.  Joh.  Adam,  parents,  Conrad  KOLB  and  Anna  Barbara.  Wit- 
nesses, Johan  Adam  Hilligas  and  Eva  Hilligas,  his  sister. 

1739- 

Aug.  19,  Johan  Georg,  parents,  Herman  FISCHER  and  Margaretha.  Wit- 
ness, Johann  Georg  Mack. 

Same,  Joh.  Valentin,  parents,  Leonhart  HARTMAN  and  Maria  Catrina. 
Witnesses  Valentin  Grisemer  and  Anna  Mary,  his  wife. 

Sept.  2,  Jacob,  parents,  Jacob  LINGEL  and  Anna  Ursula.  Witnesses, 
Jacob  Fischer  and  wife  Sophia. 

Same,  Anna  Lisabeth,  parents,  Conrad  WANNENMACHER  and  Maria 
Barbara.     Witnesses,  Georg  Jagi  (  ?)  and  Helena  Elisabeth. 


284  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Oct.  24,  Georg  Ulrich,  parents,  Michael  LUTZ  and  Anna  Margretha. 
Witnesses,  Georg  Ulrich  Engler  and  Anna  Margareth. 

Same,  Michael,  parents,  Georg  Michael  KOLB  and  Anna  Elisabeth.  Wit- 
nesses, Michael  Reder  and  Susanna. 

1740. 

Sept.  24,  Johan  Niclaus,  parents,  Jacob  BISEKER  and  Anna  Maria.  Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Niclaus  Mumbauer  and  Susanna  Schmid. 

Same,  Georg,  parents,  Michael  ZIMMERMAN  and  Anna.  Witness,  Georg 
Zimmerman. 

Same,  Jacob,  parents,  Johannes  ZECHLER  and  Anna  Maria.  Witnesses, 
Jacob  Maurer  and  wife  Susana  Lisabeth. 

Same,  Isaac,  parents,  Conrad  FREY  and  Ester.     Witness,  Henrich  Gotschy. 

Same,  Jacob,  parents,  Wendel  WIAND  and  Anna  Margreth.  Witnesses, 
Jacob  Selzer  and  wife  Elisabeth. 

Same,  Lisabeth,  parents,  Michael  REDER  and  Susanna.  Witness,  Lisa- 
beth Zimmerman. 

Same,  Lisabeth  Margreth,  parents,  Michael  MOLL  and  Rosina.  Witnesses, 
Melchior  Siissholz  and  Lisabeth. 

Same,  Anna  Margreth,  present,  Michael  FABION  and  Anna  Dorothea. 
Witness,  Anna  Margaretha  Dankels. 

[in.    BAPTISMS  BY  REV.  PETER  HENRY  DORSIUS,  1741-1744.] 
Anno  1741,  August  30. 

Johan  Andreas,  parents,  Andreas  LOHR  and  Cadarina  [Christina].  Wit- 
nesses, Philip  Emmert  and  wife. 

Andreas,  parents,  Caspar  HOLTZHAUSER  and  Margretha,  his  wife. 
Witness,  Andreas  Greber. 

Johan  Conrad,  parents,  Peter  MUELLER  and  wife  Maria.  Witnesses, 
Conrad  Kolb  and  wife. 

Johannes,  parents,  Georg  WELCKER  and  Anna  Margreth.  Witnesses, 
Johannes  Mack  and  wife. 

Anna  Margretha,  parents,  Johannes  MACK  and  Margreth.  Witnesses, 
Georg  Welcker  and  wife. 

Eva  Elisabeth,  parents,  Philip  RIET  and  Veronica.  Witness,  Ellsabetha 
Hilligas. 

Anna  Maria,  parents,  Jacob  MAURER  and  Sophia.  Witnes'5,  Anna 
Maria  Segler. 

Catharina,  parents,  Jacob  LINGEL  and  Ursula  Anna.  Witnesses,  Jo- 
hannes Bingeman  and  wife. 

Elisabetha,  parents,  Johann  Georg  FRITLE  (?)  and  Anna  Catrina.  Wit- 
ness, Elisabetha  Ris. 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol,  I.     Baptisms         285 

Abraham,  parents,   Philip   LABAHR   and   Sara.     Witness,   Caspar   Holtz- 

hauser, 
Sara,  parents,  Philip  LABAHR  and  Sara.     Witness,  the  mother. 
Eva  Ellsabetha,  parents,  Philip  LABAHR  and  Sara.     Witness,  Eva  Elisa- 

betha  Hillegas. 
Elisabetha,  parents,  Conrad  WANNENMACHER  and  Barbara.     Witness, 

Gorg  Jorg  and  wife. 

1742,  September  4. 
Johan    Michel,    parents,   Adam   HILLIGAS    and    Margaretha.     Witnesses, 

Michel  Reder  and  his  wife. 
Anna  Maria,  parents,  Wendel  WEIGAND  and  Anna  Margaretha.     Wit- 
nesses, Johannes  Segler  and  wife. 
Elisabeta,     parents,     Bernhard     DOTTER     and     Gertraut.     Witness,     the 

mother  herself. 
Andreas,  parents,  Johannes  SEGLER  and  Anna  Mary.     Witnesses,  Wendel 

Wigand  and  his  wife, 
Elisabeta,    parents,     Niklaus    ROTENBURGER     and    Margareta     Anna. 

Witness,  Elisabeth  Hatai   (?). 
Joseph,    parents,    Georg    Michel    KOLB    and    Elisabeth.     Witness,    Joseph 

Fabion. 

These  children  were  baptized  the  fifth  of  May,  Anno  1744. 
Anna    Maria,   parents,    Hans   Rudolph    ECK    and   Anna    Cathrina.     Wit- 
ness, Anna  Maria  . 

Johann  Georg,  parents,  Molger   [Melchior]   SUESSHOLTZ  and  Elisabeth. 

Witness,   Catarina  Zimmerman. 
Johann  Friederich,  parents,  Adam  BOSSERT  and   wife  Jacobe.     Witness, 

Friedrich  Gotz. 
Margreda,  parents,  Andreas  MAURER  and  Anna  Maria.     Witness,  Anna 

Margreda  Lauer. 
Michel,  parents,  Michel  MOL  and  Rosina.     Witness,  Michel  Reitenbach. 
Th.    Friedrich,   parents,   Jos.    SEGLER    and    Anna    Maria.     Witness,    the 

father  himself. 

[These  25  children  were  baptized  by  the  Rev.  Peter  Henry 
Dorsius,  of  Nehaminy,  Bucks  County.  The  entries  were  not  made 
by  him,  but  are  in  a  wretched  scrawl,  made  perhaps  by  one  of  the 
elders.  The  letters  of  Mr,  Boehm,  quoted  above  (see  p.  137),  make 
it  evident  that  Mr,  Dorsius  was  in  Goshenhoppen.  both  before  as 
well  as  after  his  journey  to  Holland,  which  took  place  from  May, 
1743.  to  January,  1744,  The  presence  of  Mr.  Dorsius  at  Goshen- 
hoppen on  May  6,  1744,  is  also  vouched  for  by  Mr.  Boehm  (see 
(p,  142).     On  the  previous  day  he  baptized  the  last  six  children,] 


286  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

[IV.    BAPTISMS  BY  FREDERICK  CASIMIR  MUELLER,  1745-1750.] 

1745- 

July  7,  Daughter,  parents,  Peter  MAY  and  wife.  Witness,  Michel  Hubert 
and  Anna  Maria  Maurer. 

Aug.  II,  Son,  born  July  21,  parents,  Andres  GERBER  and  wife.  Witness, 
Philip  Ried  and  wife. 

Sept.  I,  Son,  parents,  Jorg  Michel  KOLB  and  Anna  Elisabeth.  Witness, 
Philip  Emert  and  Maria  Catarina. 

Aug.  25,  Daughter,  parents,  Jacob  SCHEL  and  wife.  Witness,  Anna 
Gertrant  Griesemer. 

Sept.  8,  Son,  born  Jan.  23,  1745,  parents,  Christian  STROM  and  wife 
Anna  Margretha.     Witness,  Benedict  Strom. 

Oct.  27,  Son,  parents,  Bernhart  WANNEMACHER  and  wife.  Witness, 
Jacob  Wannemacher. 

Sept.  3,  Son,  parents,  Wilhelm  MACK  and  wife.     Witness,  John  Mack. 

Sept.  27,  Son,  parents,  Johan  Adam  MENGEL  and  wife.  Witness,  Fried- 
rich  C.  Miiller. 

1746. 

March  23,  Son,  parents,  Friederich  Casimir  MUELLER  and  wife.  Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Hoffmann,  Friedrich  Helwig. 

April  7,  Son,  parents,  Casper  GRIESEMER  and  Elisabetha.  Witness, 
Abraham  Eckraann. 

April  6,  Johann  Michel,  parents,  Georg  FREY  and  Christina.  Witness 
Michel  Huber  and  Anna  Maria  Fischer. 

April  6,  Johann  Jacob,  parents,  Jorg  WELCKER  and  Anna  Gretha. 
Witnesses,  Benedict  Strom  and  Catharina. 

June  15,  Johannes,  parents,  Jacob  LINGEL  and  LTrsula.  Witness,  Jo- 
hannes Mack  and  Margaretha. 

Aug.  23,  Johannes,  parents,  Philip  RAFFSCHNEIDER  and  Susanna. 
Witness,  Johannes  Hoffmann. 

Oct.  17,  Michel,  Jeremias,  David,  Daniel,  Catarina,  Johanna,  parents, 
Jorg  RAUTENBUSCH  and  wife.*  Witnesses,  Michel  Roder,  Valentin 
Griesemer,  Andreas  Graber,  Weygand  Pfannebecker. 

Nov.  1,  Jorg  Michel,  parents,  Jorg  Michel  KOLB  and  wife.  Witnesses, 
Michel  Kurtz  and  wife. 

Oct.  25,  Anna  Maria,  parents,  Jacob  GORY  and  wife.  Witness,  Valentin 
Griesemer  and  wife. 

1747. 

Jan.  26,  Johannes,  parents,  Paul  ANTONI  and  wife.  Witness,  Johannes 
Sechler. 

*  Baptisms  on  Oct.   17th,  entered  by  the  same  hand  as  those  on  May  4, 
1744. 


Nevj  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Baptisms        287 

Jan.  31,  Johanna  Maria,  parents,  Lehnhart  LOOTZ  [Lutz]  and  wife. 
Witnesses,  Johannes  Otto  and  wife. 

March  15,  Johannes,  parents,  Michel  ROEDER  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Jo- 
hannes Mack  and  wife. 

March  24,  Anna  Maria,  parents,  [Wendel]  WIEGAND  and  wife.  Wit- 
nesses, Johannes  Sechler  and  wife. 

July  26,  Rutolph,  parents,  Johannes  SECHLER  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Ru- 
tolph  Maurer  and  wife. 

March  27,  Paul,  parents,  Jacob  LINGEL  and  wife.     Witness,  Paul  Lingel. 

1748. 

Sept.  25,  Lisa  Barbara,  parents,  Peter  MAY  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Bar- 
bara Hoffmann,  Lisa  Moll. 

1749. 

Jan.  21,  Susanna,  parents,  Joh.  MACK  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Michel 
Roder  and  wife. 

Febr.  12,  Christina,  parents,  Hermann  FISCHER  and  wife.  Witness, 
Christina   Moser. 

March  5,  Henrich,  parents,  Wegand  PFANNEBECKER  and  wife.  Wit- 
ness, Michel  Roder  and  wife. 

March  25,  Cattarina,  parents,  Jacob  GERY  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Valentin 
Grisemer  and  wife. 

July  30,  Joseph,  parents,  Johannes  SECHLER  and  wife.  Witness,  Joh. 
Sechler  himself. 

1750. 

April  28,  Joh.  Philip,  parents,  Jacob  LINGEL  and  wife.  Witnesses,  Cas- 
per Burger  and  wife. 

[These  35  entries  (except  one  or  two)  are  in  the  wretched,  but 
well-known  handwriting  of  Frederick  Casimir  Miller.  His  pres- 
ence is  also  vouched  for  by  the  eighth  and  ninth  baptisms,  which  con- 
tain his  name.  As  the  entries  of  Rev.  Weiss  began  in  1747  (see 
p.  301),  the  ministry  of  Miller  seems  to  have  extended  from  1745 
to  1747.  But  the  later  entries  prove  that  he  made  occasional  visits 
to  Goshenhoppen  and  baptized  children  there  as  late  as  April  28, 
1750.  As  the  record  remained  in  the  hands  of  his  followers,  he 
was  able  to  make  these  later  entries.  Cf.  the  following  note  of 
Weiss  on  p.  37.] 

Before  the  church  record  made  its  appearance   [in   1757],  the 


288 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


names  of  the  baptized  children  were  generally  taken  care  of  and 
recorded  by  the  parents  themselves. 

[Note  in  the  handwriting  of  G.  M.  Weiss.] 

[V.    BAPTISMS  BY  THE  REV.  GEORGE  MICHAEL  WEISS, 
1748-1761.] 
From  1748  till  the  year  1758  the  following  adult  persons  were  baptized, 
upon  the  profession  of  their  faith,  by  me,  George  Michael  Weiss: 
Anna  Maria  Neiss,  Georg  Neiss, 

Stedler,  the  blacksmith  and  his  bro.  the  wheelwright, 
Wife  of  Wilhelm  Schuler, 
Wife  of  Samuel  Schuler, 
Mr.  Schambach's  second  wife, 
Philip  Wentz,  Peter  Wentz, 
H.  Pannebeck,  N.  Meyer, 
The  two  oldest  daughters  of  Conrad  Dotterer, 
J.  Schell,  Michael  Schell, 
Elisabeth  Sell,  Peter  Sell, 
J.  Miiller,  Joseph  Miiller, 

The  three  daughters  of  Mr.  Hucken  and  a  son, 
Paul  Neiss,  Benjamin  Sommer, 
Samuel  Somani,  Anna  Maria  Hildebeidel. 


Parents. 

Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

Witnesses. 

1757- 

Michael  Ried   and 

Anna   Maria 

Daniel   Hamm   and 

Anna   Maria 

Dec.   2 

wife 

Michael   Roeder   and 
Catharina 

Anna  Maria 
Dec.  2 

A.  Margaretha  Knauss 

Carl   Dorr   and   Chris- 

Ullrich 

Ullrich   Greber  and 

tina 
Matthys  Brickerdt  and 
Maria   Elisabetha 

Dec.  4 
J.  Jacob 
Dec.  7 

Anna   Margaretha 
J.   Nicol   Jung   and 
wife 

Andreas  OhI  and  Eva 

Wilhelm 

Wilhelm  Horst,  Su- 

Jacob  Meyer   and 
Anna  Meyer 

Jacob   Klotz   and 
Sophia 

Nov.   3 
Conrad 

Dec.   18 
Wendel 

Dec.  24 

sanna    Horlacher 
Conrad   Hillikas   and 

Creth  Miiller 
Wendel   Wigandt   and 

his  wife 

New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Baptisms         289 


Parents. 
1758. 

Peter  Bleyler   and   N.* 

Daniel   Hucken   and 

Magdalena 
J.  Adam  Eckman   and 

Christina 
Jacob   Isset  and   Anna 

Maria 
Philip  Ried  and  Maria 

Elisabeth 
J.  Schmidt  and  Maria 

Elisa 
Johannes   Huth   and 

Barbara 
J.    Adam    Heckman 

and  Anna  Elisabetha 
Christian  Setzman  and 

Susanna 

Daniel  Miiller  and 
Anna   Margaretha 

Wendel   Kiihner   and 
Rosina  Dorothea 

Abraham    Driess    and 

J.    Soberer    and    Anna 

Margaretha 
Philip  Boehm  and 

Catharina 
Walter   Miiller   and 

Anna  Maria 
Caspar   Hoffman   and 

Dorothea 
Andres  Maurer  and 

Anna   Maria 

Friederick    Wigerdt 

and  Maria  Eva 
Peter  Edelman  and 

Maria  Elisabetha 

*  The  letter  N.  is  used 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism 


Anna  Maria 

Jan.    I 
Maria  Catharina 

Jan.    I 
Maria   Margaretha 

June   7 
Maria  Catharina 

Jan.  8 
Balthasar 

Jan.  8 
J.  Jacob 

Jan.  13 
Johannes 

Jan.   19 
Christina 

Jan.  20 
George  Daniel 

Jan.  20 

J.   Daniel 

Jan.  20 
Johannes 

Jan.  20 
Johannes 

Febr.  4 
Maria  Catharina 

Febr.   14 
J.  Georg 

Febr.  23 
Anna  Maria 

Febr.  23 
Samuel 

Febr.  26 
Jacob   and   Anna 
Maria 

March  8 
Anna  Maria 

March  8 
Maria  Elisabetha 

March  11 
in  German  to  indicate 


Witnesses. 

J.  Bleyler  and  wife 

J.  Hucken 

Friedrich  Miiller  and 

wife 
J.  Lee  and  wife 

Balthasar  Fritz  and 
Maria   B.   Fischer 

Jacob  Wannenmacher 
and  wife 

J.  Huth  and  wife 

Daniel  Neidich  and 

wife  Anna  Mar- 
garetha 
Georg   Daniel   Peiffer 

and  Eva  Miiller 
J.    Gallman    and    wife 

Catharina 
J.  Rood   [Roth]    and 

wife  Anna  Barbara 
J.  Neidish  and  wife 

Elisabetha 
J.  Gallman  and  wife 

Catharina 
J.    Georg    Reider    and 

wife  Elisabetha 
Jacob  Becker  and  wife 

Anna   Maria 
Samuel   Lieser   and 

Barbara  Lieser 
Jacob  Mauerer 

Andreas  Mauerer 

J.  Georg  Edelman  and 
wife  Maria  Cath. 
an  unknown  name. 


290 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents. 

Bernhard   Wannen- 

macher  and  wife 

Catharina 
Jacob   Morheadt   and 

wife  Anna 
J.  Peter  Nikum  and 

Anna  Maria 

Simon  Hirsch  and 
Anna  Maria 

Philip  Gressler  and 
Anna   Margaretha 

Christoffel  Schuhmann 

and  Maria  Eiisa- 

betha 
Philip  Wendel  and 

Maria  Christina 
Adam  Bossert  and  Ja- 

cobina 
Michel  Jo  and  

Peter  Stadler  and 

Catharina 
Rudy  Huber  and  wife 

Hennerich   Huber    and 

wife  Anna 
Christian  Hagel  and 

Susanna 
J.  Adam  Iliilikas  and 

Catharina 
Jacob  Weidknecht  and 

Anna  Margaretha 
J.   Schmidt   and   Ger- 

trudt 
Ullrich  Spinner  and 

Ursula 
Georg  Schmidt  and 

wife 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

J.  Casper 

March  11 

J.  Michel 

March  12 
Anna  Catharina 

March  17 

Anna  Margaretha 
March  24 

Maria   Margaretha 
April  2 

J.  Wilhelm 
April   10 

Johannes 

April  23 
J.  Adam 

April  23 
Veronica 

April  23 
Anna  Margaretha 

April  30 
J.  Huber 

May  6 
Jacob 

May  6 
Mathys 

May  14 
Anna  Margaretha 

May  15 
Jacob 

May  20 
Wilhelm 

May  21 
David 
May  28 
Anna 

May  28 


Witnesses. 
J.  Caspar  Brendt  and 
wife 

J.  Michel  Gressler  and 
Elizabetha  Lee 

Georg   Zimmerman 
and  Anna  Catharine 
Zimmerman 

Conrad  Zimmerman 
and   Anna   Marga- 
retha, his  wife 

Michel  Bastian  and 
wife 

Philip  Lee  and  wife 

J.  Wilhelm  Geiger 
and  wife  A-nna 
Maria 

J.  Lee,  Maria  Catha- 
rine   

J.  Adam  Lauten- 
schlager  and  wife 


J.  Heil  and  wife 

Henrich   Huber   and 

wife 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Mathys   and   wife 
Elisabeth  Barbara 

Anna  Margaretha  Bit- 
ting 

Jacob  Funk  and  wife 
Anna 

Wilhelm  Schneider 

David  Streib  and  wife 

Susanna 
Henrich  Huber  and 

wife  Anna 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Baptisms        291 


Parents. 

Henrich  Huber  and 

Susanna 
Valadin  Huber  and 

Barbara 
Andreas  Mauerer  and 

Barbara 
Christian  Rincker  and 

Catharina 
Philip  Schmidt  and 

Anna  Catharina 
Wilhelm (?) 

J.Caspar  Berendt   and 

Elisa  Lena 
Weigandt  Pannebeck 

and  Nelche 
Jacob   Hamm  and 

Maria  Barbara 
Michael  Eberhardt  and 

Anna 
Roland  Jung  and 

Catharina 
Baltasar  Stiel  and 

Christina 

Jacob    Ridy    and    Su- 

sunna 
J.  Leonhardt  and  wife 

Jacob  Schuster  and 

wife 
Jost  Schiicher  and 

Catharina 
Adam  Hocker  and 

wife 
Georg   Klein    and 

Maria 
Daniel   Hamm  and 

wife 
Peter  Lauer   and   wife 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

Abraham 

May  28 
J.  Peter 

May  28 
J.  Jacob 

June  29 
Maria   Elisabeth 

July  3 
Maria   Catharina 

July  3 
Maria 

Sept.  3 
Johannes 

Sept.  9 

Sept.  3 
Maria  Catharina 

Sept.  30 
Barbara 

Oct.  7 
J.  Henrich 

Oct.   13 
Maria    Elisabetha 

Nov.   13 

Susanna 

Nov.  25 
Elisabetha 

Nov.  26 
Andres 

Dec.  4 
Maria   Margaretha 

Dec.  4 
Eva   Margaretha 

Dec.  10 
Anna  Sibilla 

Dec.  17 
Elisabeth 

Dec.  25 
Peter 

Dec.   25 


Witnesses. 
Henrich  Huber  and 

wife  Anna 
Peter  Kuster  and  wife 

Dorothea 
J.    Jacob    Mauerer 

Samuel    Siisserdt    and 
Elisabetha  Riess 

J.  Martin  Derr,  Anna 
Catharina   Semm 

Elisabeth   Liser 

Joh.  Schmidt  and  wife 
Maria   Elisabetha 

Weigandt  Panneback 
and  wife 


Felix  Brunner   and 

wife  Barbara 
Henrich   Jung   and 

Margaretha   Fischer 
Jacob   Spinner  and 

Maria    Elisabeth 

Ziegenfuss 
J.    Martin    Reyer    and 

Susanna    Horlacher 
Andres  Heisser  and 

his  sister 


Maria    Gertraudt 

Neukerch 
Peter  Beissel  and  wife 

J.  Jerger  and  wife 

Elisabeth  Moll 

Peter  Reiff   and   wife 


292 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents. 

Isaak  Somani  with  all 
his   children 


1759. 
Philip   Heger  and 

Anna   Barbara 
Philip    Huth    and 

Anna  Eva 
Feb.    3,    was    baptized 


Nicolaus   Mombauer 

and  wife 
Philip   Jacob   Egi   and 

Catharina 
Johannes   Huth   and 

Anna   Barbara 
Leonhardt   Eggelin 

and  wife 
Jacob   Meyer   and 

Anna 
Johannes  Gotz  and 

Anna  Maria 
Abraham   Dauber   and 

Anna   Christina 
Peter  Wetzel   and 

Anna  Margaretha 
Martin  Werflfel   and 

Ann   Maria 
March   22,    were   bap- 
tized by  me,   G.  M. 

Weiss,     upon     their 

confessilon    of   faith, 
Henrich  Van  Sluys 

and  Catharina 
Johannes  Schell   and 

Veronica 
Georg  Zinimermann 

and  Anna  Catharina 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

Anna   Barbara 

Abraham 

Elisabetha 

Christian 

Catherina 

Dec.  26 

J.  Philip 

Jan.   I 
J.  Jacob 
Jan.   12 
David  Brunner's 
wife,  Anna  Maria 

J.    Henrich 

Febr.  4 
J.   Georg 

Febr.   18 
Anna  Catharina 

Febr.  24 
Anna    Margaretha 

March  4. 
Eva  Elisabeth 

March  4 
Anna  Margaretha 

March  4 
Maria  Catharina 

March   19 
Johannes 

March   19 
Maria  Barbara 

March  19 
Eva     Meyer,     Anna 
Meyer 


Daniel 

March  25 
J.  Jacob 

April   13 
J.  Nicolaus 

April   16 


Witnesses. 

Susanna,  wife  of 
Christian  Brobst  (  ?) 


Peter   Christ  and   wife 

Catharina 
Jacob    Christman    and 

wife  Anna  Eva 
Her  husband,  David 

Brunner  and  J. 

Brunner 
J.   Henrich    Hei>s   and 

wife 
Georg    Heilig    and 

wife    Elisa    Barbara 
Michael  Roeder  and 

wife  Catharina 
J.  Jost  Keller  and  wife 

Eva  Eberhardt  Lavar 


Peter    Haas    and    wife 

Catharina 
J.  Wetzel 

Maria  Barb.  Rieser 


Daniel  Hiester  and 
wife  Catharina 

Jacob   Mauerer   and 
wife 

Nicolaus  Seibel   and 
wife 


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Parents. 

Johannes  Cunius  and 
Catharina 

Johannes  Frey  and 
Elisa  Barbara 

Jacobf  Trolinger  and 
Anna  Maria 

Michael  Lieser  and 
Maria  Elisabetha 

April  20,  David  Levi 
went  over  from  Ju- 
daism to  Christian- 
ity, upon  the  pro- 
fession of  his  faith 
in  Jesus  Christ  and 
was  baptized  by  me, 
G.  M.  Weiss, 

Georg  Peter   Hiliikas 
and  Elisa  Barbara 

Johannes  Derr  and 
Anna  Maria 

Philip    Lehmann    and 
Anna  Maria 

Zacharias  Ditterer  and 
wife 


J.  Jacob  Reiniger  and 

Anna  Margarethr 
Johannes  Stab  and 

Catharina 
Hennerich  Bleyler  and 

Susanna 
Johannes  Martin  and 

Anna  Barbara 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

J.  Nicolaus 

April  16 
Elisa  Barbara 

April  16 
Anna  Maria  Catharina 

April  22 
Veronica  Dorothea 

April  22 
David  Levi 


Friderich 

April   26 
J.  G€org 

April    29 
Elisabetha 

May   6 
Christina 

May  9 


J.  Jacob 

May  10 
Anna  Maria 

May   10 
Abraham 

May  20 
Samuel 
Christian 
Johannes 

May  25 


Philip   Stein   and   Bar-       Johann  Henrich 
bara  May  27 


Witnesses. 

Jacob  Geri   and   wife 

Fridrich    Hiliikas    and 
wife    Elisa    Barbara 
Peter  Stroh  and  wife 

Caspar   Hoffman   and 
wife 


Fridrich    Hiliikas    and 
wife    Elisa    Barbara 


Jacob   Wannenmacher 

and    wife,    also    the 

parents  of  Zacharias 

Detterer 
Jacob    Wittmer   and 
Maria  Cath.  May 
Benedict   Strohm   and 

wife  Anna  Maria 
Peter  Bleyler  and  wife 

Hanna 
Andreas    Greber    and 

wife  Gertrudt 
Georg  Peter   Hiliikas 

and  wife  Barbara 
Joh.  Gallman  and  wife 

Catharina 
Jacob  Hoffman   and 

wife  Barbara 


-94 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents. 

Johannes  Neiss  and 
Anna  Maria 

Jacob    Geri    and    Ger- 

traudt 
Jacob  Klein  and  Anna 

Maria 
Gabriel   Klein   and 

Elisabeth    Dorothea 
Matthys  Bruckerdt  and 

Maria   Elisa 
J.    Georg   and   Maria 

Catharina 
Jost   Keller   and   Mar- 

garetha 
Henrich  Buhl  and  Su- 
sanna 
Michael    Schmidt    and 

Anna  Maria 
Henrich  Keppel  and 

Margaretha  Elisa 
J.   Carl   Derr   and 

Christina 

Jacob  VVeidknecht   and 

Anna   Margaretha 
Jost   Weigardt  and 

Barbara 
Jacob  Pfannenbecker 

and   Christina 
Jacob  Hildenbeitel  and 

wife 
Ulrich  Greber  and 

Anna    Margaretha 
Michael    Schell    and 

Catharina 

Nicolaus    Ohl    and 
Anna    Margaretha 

Johannes   Spcrri   and 
Maria  Margaretha 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

J.  Georg 

May  27 

Johannes 

June  3 
Anna    Barbara 

June   17 
Ludwig 

June   24 
J.  Henrich 

June  24 
Elisabetha 

June   24 
Jacob 

July  8 
Henrich 

July   8 
J.  Jacob 

July  29 
J.  Henrich 

July  29 
J.  Martin 

July  29 

Johannes  Martin 

Aug.  5 
Johannes 

August  5 
Jacob 

Aug.    19 
Johannes 

Aug.   19 
Anna  Maria 

Aug.  26 
Anna   Catharina 

Aug.  26 

J.  Henrich 
Sept.  16 

Johannes 
Sept.  23 


Witnesses 

J.  Georg  Weickerdt 
and  wife  Magda- 
lena 

Fridrich  Helwig   and 
wife  Magdalena 

Anna  Barbara  Sieber 

Ludwig   Bitting    and 

Anna   Sabina 
J.  Nicolaus  Jung  and 

wife  Anna  Gertraudt 
Melchior  Siissholtz  and 

wife   Elisabetha 


Jacob  Isset  and  wife 

Magdalena 
J.   Jacob   Werner    and 

wife  Catharina 
J.    Martin    Derr    and 

Anna  Clara  Hinter- 

leiter 


Johannes   Derr   and 
wife  Anna  Maria 

Conrad   Seeler  and 
Anna  Susanna  Dotter 

Johannes  Klein   and 
wife 

Andreas  Greber  and 
wife  Anna   Maria 

Jacob  Griesemer  and 
wife  Anna  Catha- 
rina 

Henrich  Miiller  and 
wife   Anna   Ger- 
traudt 


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Parents. 

Johannes   Dieben- 
dorfer   and   wife 

Abraham   Segler   and 
wife 

Peter   Linn   and   Anna 
Margaretha 

Henrich   Grub   and 
Adelheid 

J.  Lee  and  Marga- 
retha 

Samuel   Schiiier  and 
wife 

Melchior  Kolb  and 
Catharina 

Peter    Nicum    and 
Anna   Maria 


Abraham  Herp   and 
Gertrudt 

Jacob  Walter  and  Ro- 
sin a 

Peter   Stro[h]    and 
Anna  Maria 

Jacob   Fischer    and 
Hanna 

Johann    Michel    Hart- 
man   and   Anna 
Margaretha 

Samuel  Hirsch  and 
wife  Anna  Maria 

Peter  Stadler  and 
Catharine 

Andreas   Ohl   and 
Anna  Eva 

J.  Adam  Hillikas   and 
Catharina 

Andreas  Greber  and 
Anna   Maria 

J.  Martin  and  Anna 
Barbara 


Children. 
Date  ol  Baptism. 

Johannes 

Sept.  23 
Johannes 

Oct.  7 
Theobald 

Oct.  14 
Anna  Catharina 

Oct.  14 
Elisabeth 

Oct.  21 

Oct.  21 
Anna    Catharina 

Oct.  26 
Philip 

Oct.  27 


Abraham 
Oct.  28 
Jacob 

Oct.  28 
Catharina 

Oct.  28 
Johannes 

Oct.  28 
Dillo  Jacob 

Nov.  4 

J.    Henrich 

Nov.  4 
Eva  Catharina 

Nov.  5 
Andreas 

Nov.    12 
J.  Peter 

Nov.  28 
Anna  Margaretha 

Dec.  16 
J.  Michel  and  Eva 
Catharina 

Dec.   24 


Witnesses. 

Henrich   Miiller   and 

Anna    Gertraudt 
Johannes  Segler 

Theobald   Meglin   and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Henrich   Huber   and 

^vife  Catharina 
Alexander  Negeley  and 

Elisabeth  Rieder 
Kilian   Gaukler  and 

wife   Margaretha 
Anna    Catharina 

Weber 
J.    Philip    Boehm    and 

wife   Catharina 
J.   Nicol.   Nicum   and 

Anna   Marg.   Win- 

gerd 
Jacob   Walter    and 

wife  Rosin  a 
Abraham  Herp  and 

wife   Gertrudt 
Catharina  Moll 

Johannes   Fischer   and 

wife    Catharina 
J.  Jacob   Holtzhauser 

and  Anna   Marg. 

Redmann 
J.  Henrich  Hirsch  and 

Maria  Marg.  Scholl 
Melchior  Kolb  and 

wife  Eva   Catharina 
J.  Wilhelm   and   Eva 

RIed 
Georg    Peter    HilliJvas 

and  wife  Barbara 
Ulrich    Greber    and 

Anna  Margaretha 
Michael  Roeder  and 

wife    Catharina 


296 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parent's. 

Children. 
Date  of  Haptism. 

1760. 

J.  Kiinerdt  and  Agnes 

Fridrich 

Barbara 

Ja"-   5 

Michael    Bischoff    and 

Barbara 

Maria  Eva 

Jan.  6 

Joseph   Eberhardt   and 

Anna    Margaretha 

Catharina 

Febr.   17 

Bastian   Ruf  and 

Anna  Maria 

Susanna 

Febr.   17 

Johannes    Muck    and 

Catharina 

Eiisabetha 

March  i 

Adam    Darms  (  ?)  and 

J.  Peter 

Anna   Margaretha 

March  2 

Peter  Hollenbusch  and 

Maria  Catharina 

Anna  Maria 

Febr.  24 

Wilhelm    Geyer    and 

Johan   Michel 

Anna   Maria 

March  23 

Jacob  Berger   and 

Andreas 

Barbara 

March  25 

J.  Gotz   and  Anna 

Georg    Fridrich 

Maria 

April  6 

Benedict  Swob  and 

Susanna 

April  7 

Philip  Boehm  and 

J.  Jacob 

Catharina 

May  II 

Thomas    Gant    and 

Maria   Eva 

Margaretlia 

May   11 

Henrich    Huber   and 

Catharina 

wife 

May  30 

Peter  Lahb  and  Creth 

[Margaret] 

May  4 

Conrad    Biehn  (  ?)  and 

Nicolaus 

Sophia   Magdalena 

May  4 

Michael   Roeder   and 

Catharina 

Jacob   Isset   and   Mag- 

Eiisabetha 

dalena 

June  % 

Witnesses. 
Fridrich   Schmilin    (  ?) 

Michel  Eberhardt  and 

wife 
Peter  Wetzel  and  wife 

Margaretha 
Georg   Adam   Sang- 

meister  and  wife 
Nicolaus  VVohlfaht  and 

wife    Catharina 
J.  Peter  Wetzel  and 

wife    Anna    Marga- 
retha 
Henrich    Beyer    and 

wife   Mary    Magda- 
lena 
J.    Michael   Reiff- 

schneider   and   wife 

Juliana 
Andreas  Beyer  and 

wife   Gertrudt 
Fridrich  Wambold  and 

wife    Catharina 
J.  Georg  Welcker  and 

wife 
Conrad  Zimmermann 

and   wife   Anna 

Margaretha 
J.Adam  Willauer  and 

wife  Anna  Maria 
Henrich   Huber    and 

wife 


Nicolaus  Finck  and 
wife    Maria    Eiisa- 
betha 

Johann   Arend   Weiss 
and  wife 

Daniel    Hister   and 
wife   Catharina 


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Parents. 

Christoffel  Peirmann 
and   Catharina 

Michael   Jo    and    Ve- 
ronica 

Johann    Jacob    Mohr- 
hed  and  Anna 

Peter   Sell   and   Catha- 
rina 

Rutolf  Frick  and 
Veronica 

Stephan   Schoner   and 
Christina 

Conrad  Hillikas  and 
Maria    Margaretha 

J.  Nicolaus  Walber 
and  Elisabeth 

J.  Nicolaus  Walber 
and  Elisabeth 

Salomo  Sell   and 
Sophia 

Benjamin  Sommer  and 
Catharina 

Henrich  Miiller  and 
Gertraudt 

Georg  Lauer  and  Bar- 
bara 

Johannes  Freyer  and 
Babara 

Michael  Ried   and 
Anna  Maria 

Johannes  Schmidt  and 
Anna  Gertraudt 

Jacob  V^etzel  and  wife 

J.  Henrich  Ott  and 
Catharina 

Conrad  Ludwig  and 
Anna  Appollonia 

Peter  Mauerer  and 
Maria    Margaretha 


Children. 


Date  of  Baptism. 

Witnesses. 

Jacob 

Jacob  Miiller  and  wife 

June  8 

Catharina 

Peter  Jo  and  Maria 

June  8 

Hoffmann 

Adam  Hollenbusch  and 

June   8 

Maria  Marg.  Hoost 

Johannes 

Johannes    Fischer    and 

June   15 

wife    Catharina 

Matheis 

Mathys    Scheiffeli    and 

June  22 

wife  Gretha 

Ulrich 

Ulrich  Hertzel  and 

July  4 

wife 

Johannes 

Johannes    Schellenber- 

July  13 

ger   and  wife 

Susanna 

David   Streib   and 

July  10 

wife  Elisabetha 

Elisabetha 

David  Gissi   and  wife 

July  10 

Elisabetha 

Anna  Margaretha  and 

Anna   Marg.   Bitting 

Elisabetha 

July  27 

J.  Ludwig 

J.  Ludwig  Lang  and 

Aug.  3 

wife  Elisabetha 

Anna  Elisabetha 

Jacob  Danckel  and 

Aug.  3 

wife  Elisabeth 

Anna  Barbara 

Christian  Miiller  and 

Aug.  3 

%vife  Anna  Barbara 

Georg  Jacob 

Georg  Peter   Hillikas 

Aug.   10 

and  wife  Barbara 

Elisabeth 

Jacob  Maurer  and 

Aug.   17 

Elisabeth  Ried 

Johann  Henrich 

J.   Henrich   Mincker 

Aug.  17 

and  Eva  Meyer 

Jacob 

Jacob  Wetzel,  Sr., 

Aug.  24 

and  wife 

Anna  Margaretha 

J.  Georg  Ziegenfuss 

Aug.  24 

and  wife,  Anna 

Margaretha 

Elisabeth 

Henrich   Moll    and 

Sept.   7 

wife  Elisabeth 

Anna 

Mattheus  Mauerer  and 

Sept.   7 

wife  Anna  Berends 

298 


Church  Records  of  Goshcuhoppcn 


Parents. 
Michael  Hettenbach 
and   Catharina 


Wilhclm    Dickenschitt 
and  Catharina 

Johannes    Fischer    and 

wife 
Jacob    Huber   and 

Catharina  Elisabetha 
Ullrich  Greber  and 

Margaretha 
Johannes  Danckel   and 

Lenche   [Nelly] 
Johannes  Zeller  and 

Anna  Maria 
Johannes  Wien   and 

Appollonia 
1761. 
Georg   Peter   Hillikas 

and  Barbara 
Philip   Jacob   Egi    and 

Gertraudt 
Abraham  Friess  and 

Anna  Margaretha 
Adam   Neudig  and 

Anna  Barbara 

Wendel  Renninger  and 
Anna   Margaretha 

Mathys  Brickerdt  and 
Maria   Gertraudt 

Jacob  Weidknecht  and 
Susanna  Margaretha 

Georg  Reinheimer  and 
Maria  Catharina 

Joseph  Eberhardt  and 
wife 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

Wilhelm  and  Peter 
Oct.  2 


Margaretha 
Oct.   12 


Oct.  19 
J.  Jacob 

Oct.  26 
Sara 

Oct.  26 
Johann  Jacob 

Dec.  21 
Catharina 

Dec.  21 
Margaretha 

Dec.  25 

A.  Catharina 

Jan.  29 
Elisa  Barbara 

Febr.  i 
J.  Leonhardt 

Febr.  9 
Anna  Barbara 

Febr.  9 

Anna  Margaretha 

Febr.  22 
Andreas 

Febr.  22 

Anna  Maria 

Febr.  22 
Maria   Margaretha 
Elisa 

March  21 
Johann   Benjamin 

March  22 


Witnesses. 

Wilhelm   Geiger   and 
wife  Anna  Maria 

Peter  Michael  Schlo- 
necker   and   wife 
Anna  Maria 

Christoffel  Dicken- 
schitt and  Maria 
Margaretha 


Paul  Samsel  and  wife 

Margaretha 
Sara   Lawar 

Jacob  Dankel  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
J.    Gallman   and   wife 

Catharina 
Margaretha  Moll 


J.  Adam  Hillikas  and 
wife   Catharina 

Georg    Heilig    and 
wife   Barbara 

J.  Leonhardt  Neudig 

Daniel   Neudig   and 

wife    Anna    Marga- 
retha 
Peter    May    and    wife 

Juliana 
Andreas  Jung   and 

Elisa   Barb.   Wanne- 

macher 
Jacob  Ratzel   and 

wife  Maria 
Lorentz   Siissholtz    and 

Anna    Marg.    Elisa 

Reiffschneider 
Michael    Eberhardt 

and  wife 


New  Goshenhoppen—Vol.  I.     Baptis 


ms 


299 


Parents. 

Michel  Eberhardt  and 

wife 
Michael  Scheib   and 

Anna  Barbara 
Christian    Scheid    and 

Maria  Elisa 
Jacob  Daub  and  Elisa- 

betha 
Jost   Schlicher   and 

Catharina 
J.  Jacob   Dankel   and 

Elisabetha 
Jacob  Ridi  and 

Susanna 
Joh.  Philip   Schmidt 
and   Catharine 

Johann    Huth    and 

Maria  Barbara 
Simon  Hirs  and  Anna 

Maria 
Ludwig  Hirs  and 

Catharina 
Michael  Roder  and 

Catharina 
Caspar  Hoffmann   and 

Dorothea 
Theobald   Breuchler 

and   Maria 
Felix  Linn    and   Jaco- 

bina 
Adam  Bosserdt  and 

Jacobina 
J.  Adam  Hillikas  and 

Catharina 
Henrich    Laba[r]    and 

Elisabetha 
Philip  Ried  and  Anna 

Elisabetha 
Michael   Raudenbusch 
and  Anna  Maria 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

Johannes 

March  22 

Anna  Maria 

March   29 

Johann   Georg 

March  29 

Jacob 

April  5 

J.   Georg 

April  5 

J.  Henrich 

April  5 

Anna    Margaretha 

April  9 

Johann  Philip 

April  19 

Eva  Margaretha 

April  24 
Simon 

April  25 
Anna  Maria 
April   25 
Peter 

April  26 
Anna  Eva 

April  26 
Barbara  Elisa 

May  3 
Peter 

May  3 
Anna  Elisabetha 

May  10 
Anna  Christina 

May  10 
Leonhardt 

May  10 
J.  Philip 

May  10 
Henrich 
June  7 


Witnesses. 

Michael  Bischoff  and 

wife 
Johannes   Gotz    and 

wife  Maria 
Joh.  Georg  Loness  and 

wife  Catharina  Elisa 
Jacob     Wigandt     and 

Susanna  Roder 
J.   Georg  Schlicher 

J.   Henrich    [Dankel] 

and   wife    Gertraudt 
Jacob  Lang   and  wife 

Anna  Margaretha 
Johann  Martin  Derr 
and   wife    Maria 
Gertraudt 
Jacob  Christmann  and 
wife  Eva  Margaretha 
Henrich    Mathys    and 

Veronica 
Peter  Scholl   and   wife 

Anna  Maria 
Peter    Hillikas    and 

wife  Barbara 
J.  Ulrich  Kuhl  and 
Eva  Lieser 


Peter  Wetzel  and  wife 

Catharina 
Andreas  Ohl  and  wife 

Anna  Elisabetha 
Henrich  Funck  and 

wife  Anna  Christina 
Leonhardt  Beyer  and 

Elisabeth  Fux 
J.   Philip    Fischer    and 

wife  Philipina 
Henrich   Hoffman   and 

Cath.  Raudenbusch 


300 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents. 

Gcorg  Zimmermann 
and  Anna  Catharina 

Michael  Lieser  and 
wife 

Jost  Keller  and 
Margaretha 

Peter   Sell   and   Catha- 
rina 

Peter  Lauer   and   Sara 

Philip  Heist  and 

Susanna 
Henrich  Bleyler  and 

Susanna 
Michael  Resch  and 

Anna 
Jacob  Meyer  and  Anna 

Gerhardt  Strieker  and 

Catharina 
Isaac  Soman!  and 

Magdalena 
Paul    Schwenger    and 

Barbara 
Philip  Huth  and  Eva 

J.  Stab  and  Catharina 

Christoffel  Heisser  and 
Barbara 

Philip  Becker  and 
Maria 

Weijrandt  Pannen- 
becker  and  Nelche 
[Nelly] 

Peter  Stro[h]    and 
Maria 

J.   Cunius   and   Catha- 
rina Elisa 

Caspar    Bucher    and 
Catharina 


Children. 
Date  of  Baptism. 

Maria  Elisabetha 

June  7 
Johannes 

June  7 
Maria 

June  21 
Anna  Margaretha 

June  28 
Catharina 

June  28 
Anna  Elisabetha 

July  4 
Anna  Maria 

July  6 

July  6 
Anna  Barbara 

July  12 
Catharina 

July  12 
Eva  Elizabetha 

July  12 
Nicolaus 

July  12 
J.  Stoffel 

July  19 
Maria   Margaretha 

July  19 
Barbara 

July  26 
Maria  Magdalena 

July  26 
Elisabeth 

Aug.  9 

Henrich 

Aug.  9 
Anna   Margaretha 

Aug.   9 

Maria   Elisa 
Aug.  9 


Witnesses. 

Maria  Elisabetha  • 

Johannes  Keck  and 

wife 
J.    Nicolaus    Schneider 

and  Maria  Gerkess 
Anna   Marg.  Welcker 

Johannes  Cunius  and 
wife  Catharina 

J.  Nicolaus  Heist  and 
wife  Elisabetha 

Anna  Maria  Bleyler 

J.  Sparri  and  wife 
Anna   Margaretha 

J.   Martin   and  wife 
Anna  Barbara 

Valentin    Neugisser 
and   wife    Catharina 

Andreas  Ohl  and  wife 

J.  Bisecker  and  wife 

Christina 
J.  Stoffel  Weiss  and 

wife 
Jacob  Wittmer  and 

wife 
J.  Georg  Lauer 

J.  Michael  Bastian  and 
wife    Magdalena 

Melchior  Siissholtz  and 
wife  Elisabeth 

Henrich  Schwalbach 

J.  Adam  Dillo  and 
wife    Anna    Marga- 
retha 

J.  Schmidt  and  wife 
Maria  Elisabetha 


New  Goshenhoppen — Fol.  I.     Marriages        301 

[The  foregoing  240  baptisms  were  entered  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Weiss.  He 
died  in  August,  1761.  See  the  history  above,  p.  171.  It  is  not  known  who 
officiated  at  the  two  following  baptisms.] 

Andreas  Graber  and  Henrich  Henrich  Bitting 

Anna  Maria  Sept.  16 

Jost  Wiandt  and  Bar-  Anna  Maria  Anna  Maria  VViand 

bara  Oct.  7 


[VI.  MARRIAGES  BY  REV.  GEORGE  MICHAEL  W^EISS,  1747-1761.] 

Those  Persons  who  from  the  Year  1747  to  the  Year  1758  have  been 
Married  by  me,  George  Michael  Weiss,  V.D.M. 


[i]  John  Neiss  and  Catharina 
Hahn 

[2]  George  Neiss  and  Anna 
Dotter 

[3]  Jacob  Arend  and  Anna 
Elizabeth  Geiger 

[4]  Abraham  Arend  and  Catha- 
rina Ried 

[5]  J-  George  Leidich  and  Cath- 
arina Arend 

[6]  John  Schicher  and  Catharina 
N. 

[7]  John  Gressman  and  widow 
Hauk 

[8]   John     Gressman's     son     and 

[9-10]  John     Gressman's     two 

daughters    and    

[11]   Jacob   Ried   and    Magdalena 

Leidich 

[12]   J.  Zirkel   and  N 

[13]  Benedict     Schwob     and     Su- 
sanna Welcker 
[14]   Dietrich    Welcker    and    Sara 

de  Haven 
[15]  Philip   Wentz   and   daughter 

of      Ulrich      Hartman      of 

Schipbach 
[16]   Stoffel    Wagner    and    second 

daughter  of  Bastian  Schmid 

of  Schipbach 


[17 
[18 

[19 
[20 

[21 

[22 

[23 
[24 

[25 
[26 
[27 
[28 
[29 
[30 

[31 
[32 


J.  Breneman   and  N 

Benjamin  Sommer  and  Anna 
Maria   Scholl 

J.Denig  and  Elizabeth   Eichel 

Jacob  Riedi  and  Susanna 
Gucker 

Andreas  Ohl  and  Eva 
Gucker 

Peter  Beissel  and  Maria 
Schwenk 

N.  Ohl  and  Elisa  Barbara 
Gucker 

Michel  Welcker  and  Anna 
Maria  Ried 

Theobald  Wink  and  Cretha 
Ried 

J.  Adam  N.  and  Maria  Mag- 
dalena  Beissel. 

Michel  Ried  and  Anna 
Maria  Mauer 

Michel  Schell  and  Catharina 
Lauer 

John  Schell  and  Veronica 
Mauer 

David  Haag  and  Elisa  Cath- 
arina Wagenseil 

Melchior  Schultz  and  Cath- 
arina Kahlbach 

Adam  Hillikas  and  Catha- 
rina Bitting 


302 


Church  Records   of  Gosheuhoppen 


1 33]   Peter    Hillikas    and    Barbara 

Hornberger 
[34]   Philip  Huth  and  Eva  Weiss 
fss]   Jolin      Huth      and      Barbara 

Zimmerman 
[36]   J.    Arendt    Weiss     and     Su- 
sanna Huth 
[37]   Georg  Schley  and  Catharina 

N 

[38]   Caspar     Berend     and     Elisa 

Lena  Wannenmacher 
[39]   Hennerich  Berendt  and  Anna 

Maria   Luer 
[40]   Harmon  Luer  and  Katharina 

Kieffer 
[41]  J.  Luer  and  Barbara  Weber 
[42]  Jacob    Fischer    and    Hannah 

Dankler 
[43]  Roland   Jung   and   Catharina 

Fischer 
[44]   Henrich  Haas  and  N.  Jung 
[45]  J.  Huebner  and  Anna  Dotter 
[46]   Jacob  Zimmerman  and  Sophia 

Wigand 
[47]   Abraham     Segler    and    Bar- 
bara Moll 
[48]   Henrich,    a    blacksmith,    and 

Elizabeth  Moll 
[49]   Daniel     Hamm     and     Anna 

Maria  Segler 
[50]  Wendel    Lemli    and    Scharl. 

M.  Wigand 
[51]   Jacob  Weidknecht  and  Creth 

[Margaret]    Boehm 
[52]   Antoni    Hamser     and     Anna 

Marg.  Raudenbusch 
[53]   Benedict    Strohm    and    Anna 

Maria  N 

[54]   Andreas  Mauerer  and  Maria 

Barbara  Steinman 
[55]    Paulus  Rothaermel  and  Maria 
Cretha  Mauer 


[56]  J.     Schmidt     and     Gcntrude 
N 

[57]   Leonhardt  Griesemer  and  N. 
Leveber 

[58]   Georg  Lauer  and  Maria  Bar- 
bara N 

[59]   Michel  Roeder  and  Catharina 
Erb 

[60]   Henrich  Lobach  and  Marga- 
retha  Roeder 

[61]   Michel    Stab    and    Catharina 
N 

[62]    Mathvs  Reicherdt  and   Creth 
Hillikas 

[63]   Nicolaus     Jeger     and     Anna 
Hillikas 

[64]  J.   Kiefer    and   Barbara   Hil- 
likas 

[65]   Wilhelm    Gedman    and    Su- 
sanna Jekel 

[66]   Andres     Greber     and     Anna 
Maria  Bitting 

[67]   Ulrich     Greber     and     Creth 
Labar 

[68]   Peter  Laub  and  Creth  Muss 

[69]   Carl     Doerr     and     Christina 
Muss 

[70]   John  Dankel  and  N 

[71]   Hennerich  Mueller  and  Ger- 
trudt  Diefendoerffer 

[72]   Nicolaus      Ohl      and      Anna 
Marp;.    Diefendoerffer 

[73]   Gabriel     Klein     and     Elisa- 
betha  Dorothea  Bitting 

[74]   Alexander    Dieffendoerffer 

and   Gertrude   N.    fLeidig] 

[75]   Fridrich  Lang  and  N.  SchoU 

[76]   Christian  Mueller  and  Elisa- 
beth Wetzler 

[77]   Jacob    N and    Veronica 

Wetzler 

[78]   J.    Haag    and    Anna    Marg. 
Wetzler 


New  Goshenhoppen—Fol.  I.     Marriages 


303 


[79]  Peter      Wetzel      and      Creth 

Eberhard 
fSo]  J.  Mecklin  and  Creth  Kehler 
f8i]   N.      Weitzel      and      Barbara 

Kehler 
[82]   Andreas    Muehlschlagel    and 

Anna  Maria  Emet 
[83]   Henrich   Kumpf   and   Catha- 

rina  Emet 
[84]  Michel   Eberhardt  and  Catha- 

rina  Bleyler 
[85]  Peter    Bleyler    and    Hannah 

N 

[86]  Philip  Vackenthal  and  Elisa- 
beth Bleyler 
[87]   Ulrich    Hornecker    and    Bar- 
bara Eberhard 
[88]   Ulrich   Hornecker   and   Creth 

Eberhard 
[89]   Valentin     Keiser     and     Bar- 
bara Huber 
[90]   H.  Heger  and  Eva  Huber 

[91]   N and  Creth  Huber 

[92]   Nicolaus     Mombauer     and 

Magdalena  N 

[93]  J-    Adam    N and    Creth 

Hitz 
[94]  Jacob   Huber  and   Elisabetha 

Samsel 
[95]   Henrich  Huber  and  Barbara 

N. 
[96]  Philip     Schmidt     and     Creth 

Doerr 
[97]  J-   Goetz  and   Catharina  N, 
[98]   N.    Zimmermann    and    Jacob 

Hoffman's  daughter 
[99]   N.    Zimmermann    and    Jacob 
Hoffman's  daughter 
[100]   Of   the    Henerichs   in    Schip- 
bach    several    have    inter- 
married 
[loi]  J.  Oftengraff  (Op  ten  Graf) 
and  N.  Oftengraf 


[102]   Abraham,    a    tailor,    and    N. 

Hamman 
[103]   Henrich     Bartholome     and 

Elisa  Barbara  Erb 
[104]  J.  Reiswick  and  Creth  Erb 

[105]   N.  Dickenschitt  and  N 

[106]   Henrich  Prey  and  N 

[107]  J.  Schmidt  and  N 

[108]   Conrad  Moll  and  Elisa  Bar- 
bara Hill 
[109]   Georg   Weidner   and    Catha- 
rina Moll 

[no]   N and  Anna  Marg.  Moll 

[in]  Diel  Neiss  and  N.  Hahn 
[112]   Salomon    Rockenstuhl    and 

widow  of  Grossjockel 
["3]  J-    Adam    Schneider    and    N. 

Levan 
[114]  J.  Brobst   and  Jacob  Levan's 

oldest  daughter 
[115]  Ludwig  Workman  and  Cath- 
arina Braun 
[116]  Richardt  Klein  and  Elisabeth 

Horneck 
[117]   Georg  Hertzel  and  Catharina 

Neiss 
[118]   Andreas  Workman  and  Cath- 
arina Prey 
[119]   Mathys  Brickerdt  and  Maria 

Elisabetha  N. 
[120]  Andres    Niet    and    Catharina 
N. 

[121]   Georg  Edelman   and  N 

[122]  J.  Mueller  and  N 

[123]   Marcus   Wannenmacher    and 

N 

[124]  J.  Schmidt  and  Anna  Marga- 

retha  N 

[125]  Lorentz      Bamberger      and 

Scharlotta  N 

[126]  J.     Kugeler     and     Catharina 
Bamberger 


304 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


[127]  Jacob     Hildenbeitel      and 
Anna  Maria  N 

[128]  J.  Button  and  N.  Klein 

[129]  Widow  Fried  and  her  serv- 
ant 

[130]  Simon  Hirsch  and  Maria 
Elisabeth  Lauar 

[131]  Philip  Boehm  and  Elisabeth 
Cath.  Mombauer 

[132]  Philip  Jans  and  Barbara 
Detweiler 

[133]   Jost  Keller  and  Hannah  N. 

[134]   Johannes      Schneider      and 
Catharina    Dieringer 

[135]  Johannes  Jost  and  Creth 
Schneider 

[136]  J.  Koster  and  John  John- 
son's daughter 

[137]   N and  Bastian  Schmidt's 

daughter  of  Schipbach 

[138]   N and     Brenneman's 

daughter  of  Schipbach 

[139]  Georg  Meyer  and  Weide- 
man's  oldest  daughter 

[140]  Philip  Henrich's  second  son 
and  N.  Johnson 

[141]   J.     Georg    Linckheimer    and 

[142]  Jacob  Schaefer  and  Catha- 
rina, widow  of  Henrich 
Bitting 

[143]   Abraham      Schreiner      and 
Anna    Maria    Schmld. 

[144]   Samuel  Somani  and  N.  GrefF. 

[145]  N.  Henrichs  and  N.  Gott- 
schalk 

[146]   N and  a  daughter  of  the 

young  Gottschalk 

[147]   N and  a  daughter  of  the 

young  Gottschalk 

[148]  I.  Son  of  Leonhardt  Hen- 
nerichs  and  daughter  of 
Paul   Hennerichs 


[149]  2.  Son  of  Leonhardt  Hen- 
nerichs and  daughter  of 
Paul   Hennerichs 

[150]  3.  Son  of  Leonhardt  Hen- 
nerichs and  N 

[151]  Son  of  Paul  Hennerichs  and 
daughter  of  John  Frey 

[152]    N and     daughter     of 

Christian  Weber  of  Ma- 
detschi 

[153]  Son  of  Kaiser  of  Madetschi 
and   N 

[154]   N and  daughter  of  Jost 

Becker 

[155]  Son  of  John  Frey  and  daugh- 
ter of  Paul  Hennerichs 

[156]   Son  of  Felix  Lee  and  N 

[157]  Servant  of  Uly  Stauffer  and 
his  maid  servant 

[158]   N and    daughter   of   W. 

Keiber 

[159]   N and    oldest    daughter 

of  Mathys  Ochs 

[160]  N.  Obenbeck  of  Cockscreek 
and  N. 

[161]  J.  Weitzel  and  daughter  of 
John   Gressman 

[162]  John,  son  of  Philip  Zimmer 
and  daughter  of  Kilian 
Zimmerman 

[163]  Son  of  Lorentz  Hennerichs 
and  N.  Gottschalck 

[164]  Third  son  of  Lorentz  Hen- 
nerichs and  N of  Ma- 
detschi 

[165]   W.    Weitzel    and    \ of 

Dinikum 

[166]  Henrich  Gremmeling  and 
Catharina,  stepdaughter  of 
Georg  Heilig 

[167]  N and  Catharina, daugh- 
ter of  Philip  Zimmer 


New  Goshenhoppen — Fol.  I.     Marriages        305 


[168]   N and  daughter  of  Kil- 

ian  Zimmerman 

[169]  J.  Weiss  and  N 

[170]  Jacob      N and      Anna 

Weiss 

[171]  N and  N.  Weiss 

[172]   Henrich     N and     Anna 

Maria  Gemehli 
[173]   Henrich  Huber  and  Christina 

N 

[174]  Caspar     Huber     and     Anna 

N 

[175]  N.  Weiss  and  N ,  widow 

living  at  Hosensack 

[176]  J.  Schlosser  and  N 

[177]  Thomas  Koch  and  N 

[178]  Abraham   Lucken    and   Mar- 

gareth  Frey 
[179]  J-    Hoffman    and    Catharina 

Zimmerman 
[180]   Caspar    Hoffman    and    Doro- 
thea Lieser 
[181]   Henrich  Schmidt  and  Rachel 

Denny 
[182]  J.   Seller   and   Nany  Johnson 
[183]  Baltasar  Rabanus  and  Ellsa- 

betha  Kremer 
[184]   Christian   Buhler   and    Sarah 

Huntzberger 
[185]   Melchior  Schultz  and  Catha- 
rina Kohlbeck 
1758. 
[186]  Jan.  7,  J.  Adam  Eckman  and 

Christina  N 

[187]  Jan.   26,   Balthasar   Stiel   and 

Christina  Wickerd 
[188]  Jan.  26,  Johann  Jacob  Muel- 
ler and  Margaretha  Eckerd 
[189]   Febr.    7,     Johann     Schwenck 

and     Anna     Cath.     Christ. 

Huber 
[190]   March  6,  J.   Martin   Mueller 

and  Catharina  Gruen 


[191]   March    30,    Matthys    Ritten- 

hausen  and  Catharina  Von 

Vasen 
[192]   March  28,  Georg  Schill  and 

Eva  Merg.  Kraessler 
[193]   March   4,    Philip    Heiss    and 

Susana  Schmid 
[194]   March    — ,    J.    Jacob    Huber 

and  Anna  Cath.  Kehler 
[195]   March  26,  Wilhelm  Mueller 

and  Catharina  Schultz 
[196]   April  20,  Joseph  Schmidt  and 

Catharina   Frey 
[197]   April   18,  Johan  Adam  Wil- 

lauer     and     Anna     Maria 

Linn 
[198]   April    II,   Johan    Peter    Seib 

and  Anna  Maria  Erb 
[199]   May    2,     Georg    Reinheimer 

and     Maria     Cath.     Suess- 

holtz 
[200]   May  30,  David  Brunner  and 

Maria  Landess 
[201]   June  6,  Paul  Schwanger  and 

Barbara  Biseker 
[202]   June   27,   David   Schultz   and 

Elisabetha  Lar. 
[203]  July    15,    Henrich    Fritz    and 

Maria   Anders    (?) 
[204]   Sept,   26,    Mathys   Kern    and 

Veronica  Weidman 
[205]   Oct.     19,     Georg    Gangwehr 

and   Maria   Melchior 
[206]   Nov.    14,   Andres   Beyer   and 

Philippina  Wigand 

1759- 
[207]  Jan.  4,  Wendel  Reiniger  and 

Anna  Marg.  Mey 
[208]   Jan.  9,  Joh.  Christ.  Kahlbach 

and  Anna  Cath.  Fabian 
[209]   Jan.     18,     Jacob     Griesemer 

and   Catharina  Hahlmann 


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[210]  Jan.  27,  Valladin   [Valentin]       [230 

Scbillig    and    Maria    Elis. 

Moll  [231 

[211]  April     3,    Joseph    Eberhardt 

and  Catharina  Siege! 
[212]  April  5,  Henrich  Huber  and       [232 

Anna  Cath.  Huber 
[213]  April    17,    Jacob    Beyer    and       [233 

Anna  Maria  Worth 
[214]  April  IS,  J.  Zelier  and  Anna       [234 

Barbara  Jeckels 
[215]  April   20,    Sylvanus    Mabury       [236 

and    Le    Miatta    de    Blema 

(?)  [237 

[216]   June  26,  Andreas  Haag  and 

Christina    Hinderleiter  [238 

[217]   Aug.     — ,     Peter     Sell     and 

N Alhvein  [239 

[218]   Sept.  27,  Peter  Mauerer  and 

C.  Berst 
[219]   Oct.     9,    Peter    Kumpf    and 

Eva  Elisabetha  Kiefer  [240 

[220]   Oct,    8,    Johan    Fischer    and 

Catharina   Gabel  [241 

[221]   Oct.    26,    Jacob    Wetzel    and 

Anna  Maria  Hag  [242 

[222]   Oct.    23,    Peter    Weber    and 

Anna  Marg.  Kayser  [243 

[223]   Nov.     13,     Johannes     Wiehn 

and  Appolonia  Moll 
[224]   Nov.  18,  Daniel  Gicherdt  and       [244. 

Barbara  Mosser   (?) 
[225]   Nov.    20,    Peter    Samsel    and 

Maria  Catharina  Sem  [245 

[226]   Dec.  18,  Henrich  Jacob  Ranch 

and  Magdalena  Kierner  [246 

1760 
[227]   Jan.   8,    Ludwig   Bieder    (?)        [247 

and  Margaretha  Fischer 
[228]   Feb.   5,  Johannes  Meyer  and       [248 

Esther  Contir 
[229]   Febr.     26,     Michael     Roeder       [249 

and  Barbara  Mever 


Febr.  28,  Wilhelm  Rittenhaus 

and  Margaretha  Umstett 
March   25,   Hartman   Leiben- 

guth    and    Anna    Barbara 

Hornberger 
April  15,  Johann  Michel   Seib 

and  Anna  Barbara  Eidel 
April   17,  Jacob  Kuester  and 

Elisabeth  von  Vossen 
(?),     J.     Georg     Lahr     and 

Catharina  Fink 
Oct.   28,   J.    Christian    Scheitt 

and  Maria  Elis.  May 
Nov.    25,     Philip    Lahr     and 

Elisabeth  Mack 
Nov.   25,   J.   Henrich    Stedler 

and  Anna  Catharina  Mack 
Nov.     26,     Johann     Fridrich 

Reiss,  Lutheran   minister  at 

New     Goshenhoppen,     and 

N 

June  17,  Johann  Jacob  Dan- 

kel  and  Elisabeth  Roeder 
June  19,  Simon  Conrad  Grt- 

neus  and  Anna  Marg.  Rab 
Oct.    14,   Casper   Bucher   and 

Catharina    Wannenmacher 
Dec.      14,     Johann     Michael 

Hettenbach  and  Anna  Ma- 
ria Dahl 
Nov.    25,    Johannes    Mauerer 

and  Anna  Marg.  Ohl 
1761 
May  12,  Johann  Philip  Dosch 

and  Veronica  Eberhard 
May   12,   Georg  Fischer   and 

Anna  Barbara  Eberhard 
May     19,     Johannes     Wetzel 

and  Eva  Meyer 
May    13,    Philip    Hahn    and 

Anna   Marg.  Hiester 
June  16,  Johannes  Eberhardt 

and  Cath.  Elisabetha  Ried. 


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[VII.    CATECHUMENS  OF  THE  REV.  GEO.  M.  W^EISS,  1748-176 1.] 

From  the  year  1748  to  the  year  1758  the  following  persons  have  been 
admitted  to  the  Holy  Communion  for  the  first  time  by  me,  George  Michael 
Weiss,  V.D.M.     [Verbi  Divini  Minister]  : 


Jacob  Ried 

Catharina  Ried 

Jacob  Schneider 

Sara  Schneider 

Veronica  Schneider 

Creth  Schneider 

Susanna  Schneider 

Anna  Maria  Moy 

J.  Moy 

Anna  Maria  Hiester 

Anna  Maria  Wegelin 

Elisabetha  Wegelin 

Sara  Gerkess 

Elisabetha  Gerkess 

Hoffman's  five  oldest  daughters 

Philip  Zimmer's  sons 

David  and  a  daughter 

Elisabetha  Ried 

Anna  Maria  Ried 

Eva  Ried 

Sophia  Mauer[er] 

Veronica  Mauer[er] 

Barbara  Mauer[er] 

Jacob  Mauerer 

Andreas  Mauerer 

Jacob  Mauerer 

Mathys  Mauerer 

Peter  Mauerer 

Rudolf  Mauerer 

John  Mauerer 

Maria  Eva  Mauerer 

John  Mauerer 

Elisabetha   Mack 

Catharina  Mack 

Creth  Mack 

Creth  Fischer 

John  Fischer 


J.  Georg  Fischer 

Sophia  Wigandt 

Philipina  Wigandt 

Daniel      Schwartz's     two     oldest 

daughters 
Cath.  Holtzhacker 
Barbara  Moll 
Elisabetha  Moll 
Cretha  Moll 
C.  Moll 
Stoffel   Moll 
Michel  Moll 
Andreas  Jung 
J.  Wannenmacher 
Anna   Lena  Wannenmacher 
Elisa   Barbara  Wannenmacher 
Philip  Berendt 
Michael  Kolb 
Joseph  Kolb 
Andres  Holtzhauser 
Jacob  Holtzhauser 
Creth  Holtzhauser 
Michel  Roeder 
Maria  Creth  Roeder 
Catharina  Roeder 
Elisabetha  Roeder 
J.  Wendel 

Georg  Peter  Hillikas 
Conrad  Hillikas 
Barbara  Hillikas 
Philip  Huth 
John  Huth 
Elisabetha  Schmid 
Henrich  Rauch 
Elis.  Christman 
Susanna  Christman 
Maria  Barbara   Steinmann 


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Creth  Welcker 

John  Welcker 

Catharina   Stapp 

Creth  Fink 

Elisabetha  Fink 

Catharina  Berendt 

Anna  Maria  Lur 

Barbara  Lur 

The   three   oldest   daughters   of   the 

old   Steinraan 
Barbara  Steinman 
Elisabetha  Steinman 
Catharina  Steinman 
N.  Jung,  daughter  of  H.  Jung 
Catharina   Wannenmacher 
J.  Wiihelm  Beissel 
Maria  Magdalena  Beissel 
J.  Ried 

Elisa  Barbara  Gucker 
Eva  Gucker 
Susanna  Gucker 
Philip  Boehm 
Creth  Boehm 
Ludwig  Hersch 
Henrich  Hersch 
Creth,  maid  servant  of  Reider's 

J.  Leonhardt  N 

Creth  Mueller 

Christina  Muss 

Ludwig  Bitting 

Henrich  Bitting 

Anton  Bitting 

Anna  Maria  Bitting 

Elisabetha  Bitting 

Anna  Marg.  Dieffendoerffer 

Gertrudt  Dieffendoerffer 

Godfried  Dieffendoerffer 

J.  Dieffendoerffer 

Elisabetha  Rieser 

Maria  Elisa  Rieser 

Valentin  Kaiser 

Anna  Maria  Kaiser 

Barbara  Kaiser 


Anna  Maria  Linn 

Catharina  Erb 

Elis.  Barbara  Erb 

Creth  Erb 

Eva  Erb 

Lorentz  Erb 

Caspar  Erb 

Ludwig  Erb 

Joseph  Eberhard's  five  sons 

Joseph  Eberhard's  five  daughters 

Michel  Eberhard's  daughter 

Hennerich  Bleiler 

Michel  Bleiler 

Peter  Bleiler 

Elisabetha  Bleiler 

Catharina  Bleiler 

Hanna,  Peter  Bleiler's  wife 

Susanna,  H.  Bleiler's  wife 

J.  Siegel 

Ullerich  Spinner's  son 

Creth  Huber 

Susanna  Cath.  Huber 

J.  Huber 

Michel  Huber 

J.  Jacob  Dandel 

J.  Dandel 

Hanna  Dandier 

Anna  Marg.  Dandier 

Michel  Raudenbusch 

Peter  Raudenbusch 

Georg  M.  Raudenbusch 

David  Raudenbusch 

Jacob   Wetzel's  three   daughters 

Jacob  Wetzel's  two  sons 

M.  Kehler's  two  daughters 

M.  Kehler's  son 

Scharlotta   Herd 

Eva  Herd 

Grossjockel's  son 

Grossjockel's  daughter 

Creth  Willauer 

Anna  Maria  Willauer 

J.  Adam  Willauer 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Catechumens      309 


Anna  Maria,  maid  servant  of  Con- 
rad Zimmermann 

Johannes  Dubs 

Peter  Lauer 

Georg  Lauer 

Elisabeth  Zimmermann 

Veronica  Zimmermann 

Catharina  Zimmermann 

Michel  Zimmermann 

J.  Zimmermann 

Peter  SchoH's  two  oldest  daughters 

Kilian  Russ 

Georg  Russ 

Elisabetha  Russ 

Balthasar  Lamper's  sister's  daugh- 
ters, Elisabetha,  Barbara 

Sebastian  Schmid's  son 

Sebastian  Schmid's  three  daughters 

Jacob  Bruner    . 

David  Bruner 

J.  Bruner 

Andres  Beyer's  son 

Andres  Beyer's  daughter 

The  old  Dreher's  two  sons 

The  old  Dreher's  daughter 

Creth  May 

Catharina  May 

J.  Faust 

N.  Faust 

Ulrich  Herzel's  six  sons 

Kilian  Zimmerman's  three  daugh- 
ters 

Cath.  Huber 

Maria  Barbara  Huber 

Elisabeth  Brand 

Catharina  Brand 

Maria  Cath.  Suessholtz 

Cath.  Schroemling 

J.  Goetz  and  his  wife 

J.  Georg  Steinman 

Stoffel  Walberdt 

Catharina  Moll 

Conrad  Moll 


Henrich  Bingeman 
Gertraudt  Bingeman 
Elisabeth  Lawar 
Margaretha  Lawar 
J.  Kunius 

Abraham  Ditloh  and  wife 
Henrich  Mombauer 
Elisa  Cath.  Mombauer 
Abraham  Faust's  son 
Hitz's  second  daughter 
Samsel's  two  sons 
Samsel's  daughter 
Catharina  Mack 
J.  Stab 

Leonhard  Griesemer's  wife 
J.  Denich 
C.  Lutz 

Philip  Henrich  N 's  three  sons 

Jost  Keller 

Barbara  Sem 

Henrich  Arndt 

Sophia  Dotter 

Anna  Dotter 

Catharina  Hahn 

Nany  Dotter 

Christian  Lehmann's  three  sons 

Christian  Lehmann's  daughter 

Andres  Weiss's  two  daughters 

N.  Herp  and  wife 

Jacob  Gruben's  daughter 

Anna  Maria  Emet 

Christiana  Emet 

Catharina  Emet 

Georg  Emet 

Jacob  Danner's  four  sons 

J.  Danner's  daughter 

Michael  Stepp's  wife 

Catharina  Lauer 

Henrich  Mueller 

Conrad  Huth 

Conrad  Huth's  two  sisters 

Peter  Stedler 

Susanna  Stedler 


3IO 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppeu 


Anna  Marg.  Stedler 

Michael  Burkardt 

J.  Adam  Burkardt 

Christian  Lawer 

Abraham  Schellhammer 

Catharina  Schellhammer 

Mr.    Haack    of    Maxatani,    three 

daughters  and  son 
Jacob  Hildenbeitel  and  wife 
Handwerk's  wife 
Henrich  Eckman 
Elisabetha  Lichter 
J.  Herp 

Andres  Herp  and  wife 
Catharina  Hilli 
Adam  Hilli 
Catharina  Dieringer 
Manenschmidt's  wife  of  Maxatani 
Son  of  Mr.  Kutz  of  Maxatani 
Eva  Lehmann 
Jacob  Weidman's  sister 
Peter  Beissel's  servant  Jacob 
Ulrich  Hartman's  of  Schipbach  two 

daughters 
Catharina  Bitting  and  her  sister 
Maria  Schmid 
W.  Keiber's  two  daughters 

1758 
Alexander  Diebendoerffer 
Philip  Bitting 
Felix  Linn 

Susanna  Cath.  Roeder 
Anna  Maria  Schambach 
J.  Georg  Fischer 
Anna  Marg.  Fischer 
Johannes  Fischer 
Barbara  Moll  '^- 

Elisabetha  Moll 
Catharina  Moll 
Apollonia  Moll 
Stoffel  Moll 
Henrich  Moll 
Peter  Moll 


Elisabetha  Mack 
Catharina  Mack 
Anna  Marg.  Mack 
Anna  Marg.  Welcker 
John  Welcker 
Maria  Cath.  Suessholtz 

1759 
Andres  Ried 
Michel  Hillikas 
Johannes  Hillikas 
Elisabetha  Bankens 
Joh.  Steinraan 
Cath.  Schmid 
Anna  Maria  Rieser 
John.  Peter  Eberhardt 
Anna  Cath.  Siegel 
Maria  Elisa  Fink 
Catharina  May 
Eva  Meyer 
J.  Georg  Mack 
Anna  Maria  Mack 
Elisabetha  Kolb 
Elisabeth  Mauerer 
Anna  Marg.  Mauerer 
Anna  Maria  Mauerer 
Catharina  Mauerer 
Jacob  Segler 
Johannes  Segler 

1761 
Jacob  Becker 
Jacob  Wigandt 
Peter  Pannebeck 
Georg  Kolb 
Michael  Kolb 
Jacob  Welcker 
Nicholaus  Nickum 
Anna  Maria  Pannebeck 
Marg.  Suessholtz 
Anna  Maria  Geri 
Anna  Sophia  Ludwig 
Sophia  Fischer 
Barbara  Lawar 
Anna  Maria  Weber 


Nexv  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  I.     Miscellaneous     311 


Anna  Marg.  Aleigod  (?) 

J.  Lee 

Johannes  Huester 

Daniel  Huester 

Benjamin  Schueler 

Catharina  Zimmerman 

Conrad  Leydich 

Susanna  Mack 

Jacob  Becker 

Anna  Maria  Mombauer 


Elisabetha  Fink 
C.  Faust 
Jacob  Bischoff 
Susanna  Bischoff 
N.  Bischoff 
J.  Peter  Bitting 
J.  Weiss 
J.  Reiswick 
Catharina  Mucker 
Anna  Eva  Hillikas 


[VIII.  MISCELLANEOUS  ENTRIES  OF 

1735-38.] 
[i]  List  of  members  who  have  died 
during  my  ministry: 
MDCCXXXVII— 

18,    December,    Jacob    Knopf 
died.     His  age,  75  years. 
MDCCXXVIII— 
2,  March,  John  Georg  Pfalz- 
graff    died,    son    of    Georg 
Pfalzgraff,  his  age  2  years, 
5  months. 
[2]   List  of  couples  who  have  been 
married     in     New     Goshen- 
hoppen : 

1735,  Dec.  21.     Daniel  Schwartz        [4] 
and  Eva  Marg.  Raderli. 

1736,  June  22.  Georg  Peter 
Knecht,  shoemaker,  and 
Christine  Herzel,  daughter 
of  Mr.  Herzel  of  Schipbach. 

1736,  June  22.  Georg  Meyer 
and  Maria  Gerwegen,  daugh- 
ter of  Hans  Gerwegen  of 
Goshenhoppen,  both  single. 
[3]  List  of  the  new  communicants, 
who  have  been  instructed  by 
me,  Henrico  Goetschio,  and 
admitted  to  the  holy  com- 
munion for  the  first  time  and 
thus  have  entered  into  the 
Christian  congregation,  Oc- 
tober 10,  1736: 


JOHN  HENRY  GOETSCHY, 

Hans  Adam  Hilligas,  son  of 
Fred   Hilligas. 

Anna  Maria  Galman,  daugh- 
ter of  Henr.   Gallman. 

Anna  Marg.  Raehder,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Adam  Reder. 

Anna  Maria  Knopf,  wife  of 
Leonhard  Knopf,  who  came 
over  from  the  Schwenkfelder 
faith  into  our  most  holy  Re- 
formed  faith. 

Eva  Marg.  Hut,  daughter  of 
John   Hut. 

List  of  the  men  who  have 
served  under  me,  J.  Henrico 
Goetschio,  V.D.M.,  as  elders 
of  the  congregation: 

A".  1736,  April  25,  were  elected 
as  elders: 

Johannes  Steinmann. 
Johannes  Bingemann. 
J.  Georg  Welcker 
Heinrich  Galmann. 

A°.  1738,  January  i,  were  hon- 
orably released  from  the  du- 
ties  of   their   office: 
Johannes  Steinmann. 
Heinrich  Gallmann. 

In  their  places  were  elected: 
Benedict  Strom. 
Philip  Emert. 


CHURCH  RECORD  OF  THE  NEW  GOSHENHOPPEN 

REFORMED  CONGREGATION,  MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY,  PA. 

SECOND  VOLUME,  1 762-1 832. 

Church  Record  for  the  Congregation  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
from  the  year  in  which  Rev.  Weiss  died  [1761],  [containing  the 
names  of]  all  the  children,  who  from  that  year  to  the  year  1766 
were  baptized  by  me,  Jacob  Riess,  Leyte  [Leydich]  and  Michel 
and  also  those  of  later  years. 

JoHANN  Ehrhart  Weiss,  Jacob  Riess,  Pastor. 

Elder.      Michael  Moll,  Elder. 
Ulrich  Greber,  Deacon,  Peter  Hillegass,  Deacon. 


[I.    BAPTISMAL  RECORDS.l 
[i.  Entries  by  the  Rev.  Jacob  Riess,  1762-1766.] 

CUNIUS,  WiLiiELM,  s.  of  Johannes  Cunius,  born  1755,  Jan.  24;  sp.  Wilhelm 

Griesemer  and  his  wife. 
Cunius,  Johannes,  s.  of  Johannes  Cunius,  b.  1756,  Dec.  15;  sp.  Jacob  Krie- 

semer  and  Catharina  Roder. 
CUNius,   Anna   Maria,   d.   of  Johannes   Cunius,   b.    1759,   March    14;   sp. 

Jacob  Goery  and  wife. 
Cunius,  Anna  Margaretha,  d.  of  Johannes  Cunius,  b.  1761,  July  20;  sp. 

Michel  Hartmann  Dillo  and  wife. 
Cunius,  Catharina,  d.  of  Johannes  Cunius,  b.  1763,  Sept.  27;  sp.  Peter 

Lauer  and  wife. 

312 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Baptisms        313 

CuNius,  Johannes,  s.  of  Johannes  Cunius,  b.   1765,  Oct.  7;   so.  Johannes 

Kriesemer  and  Anna  Marya  Gohrisen. 
Fischer,  Johannes,  s.  of  Joerg  Fischer,  b.  1762,  March  15;  sp.  Johannes 

Fischer  and  wife. 
Fischer,  Joseph,  s.  of  Joerg  Fischer,  b.  1763,  Aug.  3  ;  sp.  Joseph  Eberhart 

and  wife. 
Fischer,  Anna  Margaretha,  d.  of  Joerg  Fischer,  b.   1765,  Febr.   13;   sp. 

Anna  Margaretha  Fischer. 
Graeber,  Ludwig,  s.  of  Andres   Graeber,  b.    1752,   Nov.   29;   sp.  Ludwig 

Bitting  and  wife. 
Graeber,  Andreas,  s.  of  Andreas  Graeber,  b.  1755,  Jan.  6;  sp.  grandfather 

and  grandmother. 
Grabber,  Maria  Elisabeth,  d.  of  Andreas  Graeber,  b.  1757,  July  6;  sp. 

Dorothea  Lisbeth  Bitting. 
Grabber,  Henrich,  s.  of  Andreas  Graeber,  b.  1761,  Aug.  6;  sp.  Henrich 

Bitting  and  wife 
Grabber,  Anna  Margaretha,  d.  of  Andreas  Graeber,  b.  1763,  Sept.  30; 

sp.  Ulrich  Graeber  and  wife. 
Grabber,   Christina,  d.  of  Andreas  Graeber,  b.  1765,  Nov.  5;  sp.  Philip 

Graeber  and  Christina  Bitting. 
Grabber,  Christina,  d.  of  Ulrich  Graeber,  b.  1756,  Sept.  26;  sp.  Carl  Derr 

and  wife  Christina. 
Grabber,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Ulrich  Graeber,  b.  1759,  Aug.  5;  sp.  Andreas 

Graeber  and  wife  Anna  Maria. 
Grabber,  Eva,  d.  of  Ulrich  Graeber,  b.  1763,  Aug.  3;  sp.  Philip  Graeber 

and  Eva  Lawar. 
Hillegas,  Peter,  s.  of  Peter  Hillegas,  b.  1756,  Jan.  19;  sp.  wife  of  John 

Martin  Abbel. 
Hillegas,  Catharine,  d.  of  Peter  Hillegas,  b.   1761,  Jan.  23;  sp.  Adam 

Hillegas  and  wife. 
Hillegas,  Elisabetha  Barbara,  d.  of  Peter  Hillegas,  b.  1763,  Oct.  17;  sp. 

Johannes  Frey  and  wife.     Rev.  Leyte   (Leydich)   baptized   (child). 
Hillegas,  Johannes,  s.  of  Peter  Hillegas,  b.  1766,  June  15;  sp.  Johannes 

Hillegas  and  Christina  Reichert,  d.  of  Mathes  Reichert. 
Mauer,  Anna  Marya,  d.  of  Peter  Mauer(er),  b.   1762,  June  28;  sp.  Jo- 
hannes Mauer  and  wife. 
Mauer,  Johannes,  s.  of  Peter  Mauer,  b.  1764,  Aug.  8;  sp.  Michel  Rieth 

and  wife. 
Danckel,  Henrich,  s.  of  Jacob  Danckel,  b.  1761,  March  21;  sp.  Henrich 

Muller  and  wife. 
Danckel,  Johann  Jacob,  s.  of  Jacob  Danckel,  b.  1763,  Jan.  6;  sp.  grand- 
father and  grandmother. 


314  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Danckel,  Catharin'a,  d.  of  Jacob  Danckel,  b.  1765,  July  15;  sp.  grand- 
father and  grandmother. 

Stroh,  Maria,  d.  of  Fetter  Stroh,  b.  1763,  May  8;  sp.  father  and  mother, 

Stroh,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Fetter  Stroh,  b.  1765,  Sept.  i ;  sp.  Johannes  Stab 
and  wife. 

Fischer,  Maria  Margreta,  d.  of  Johannes  Fischer  and  Catarina  Elisabeta 
Fischer,  b.  1760,  Aug.  29;  ?p.  Georg  Fischer  and  Maria  Margareta 
Fischer. 

Fischer,  Johannes,  s.  of  Johannes  Fischer  and  wife  Catarina  Elisabeta, 
b.  1763,  Sept.  i7;sp.  Georg  Fischer  and  Barbara  Fischer. 

Fischer,  Johann  Philip,  s.  of  Johannes  Fischer  and  wife  Catarina  Elisa- 
beta, b.  1765,  March  17;  sp.  Johann  Philip  Gabell  and  Elisabeta  Cata- 
rina Gabell. 

Leyendecker,  Conrad,  s.  of  Philip  Leyendecker,  b.  1766,  Jan.  29;  sp. 
Conrad  Ludwig  and  his  wife  Anna  Abell. 

Hauswirth,  Johann  Jacob,  s.  of  Jacob  Hauswirth,  b.  1766,  Apr.  11;  sp. 
Abraham  Gerhart  and  wife. 

1766,  Jan.  26,  Thomas  Mabry  brought  two  negroes  to  Holy  Baptism.  The 
father  was  baptized  Mathias,  sp.  Mathias  Barthel;  the  son  baptized 
Bernhart,  sp.  Bernhart  Eyl. 

[2.   ENTRIES  BY  THE  REV.  JOHN  THEOBALD  FABER,  1766-1779.] 

Children  which  were  baptized  by  me,  Johann  Theobald  Faber  and  are 
herein  recorded. 
Fatel,  Petrus,  s.  of  Peter  Fatel,  born  1767;  Jan.  18;  sp.  Peter  Heiss  and 

wife. 
Fischer,  Catarina  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b. ;  sp.  Johannes 

Fischer  and  wife. 
Hellicas,  Elisa  Barbara,  d.  of  Conrad  Hellicas,  b.  1767,  Jan.  8;  sp.  Georg 

Petrus  Hellicas  and  wife. 
Maurer,  Petrus,  s.  of  Petrus  Maurer,  b.  1767,  Jan.  31;  sp.  Petrus  Pannen- 

becker  and  Anna  Maria  Maurer. 
Walder,  Johannes  M.atheus,  s.  of  Henrich  Walder,  b.  1767,  Febr.  12;  sp. 

Matheus  Walder  and  wife. 
COLB,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Joseph  Colb,  b.  1767,  Febr.  19;  sp.  Georg  Michael 

Colb  and  wife. 
Wetzel,  Johannes  Jacob,  s.  of  Johannes  Wetzel,  b.   1767,  Apr.   18;   sp. 

Jacob  Wetzel. 
Conrad,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Christian  Conrad,  b.  1767,  Apr.  12;  sp.  Georg 

Mack  and  wife. 
Danckel,  Johann  Jacob,  s.  of  Johannes  Jacob  Danckel,  b.  1767,  Apr.  27; 

sp.  Jacob  Danckel  and  wife. 


Nem  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Baptisms        315 

Sell,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Henrich  Sell,  b.  1767,  Febr.  18;  sp.  Weiant  Panne- 

becker  and  wife. 
Bauer,   Magdalena,   d.  of  Abraham   Bauer,  b.    1766,   Dec.   18;   sp.   Isaac 

Somni  and  wife. 
Maurer,  Johannes  Friedrich,  s.  of  Andreas  Maurer,  b.  1766,  ;  sp. 

Friedrich  Maurer  and  Anna  Maria  Risser. 
Grismer,  Johannes   Georg,   s.   of  Leonhart  Grismer,   b.    1767,  ;    sp. 

Johann  Georg  Besbing. 
Ratz,  Daniel,  s.  of  Johannes  Ratz,  b.  1767,  July  14;  sp.  Michael  Stepp  and 

wife. 
Paulus,  Catharina,  d.  of  Philip  Paulus,  b.  1767,  June  28;  sp.  the  mother. 
Segler,  Anna  Rosina,  d.  of  Abraham  Segler,  b.  1767,  May  31;  sp.  Michael 

Moll  and  wife. 
Graeber,  Eva  Barbara  and  Anna  Christina,  daughters  of  Andreas  Grae- 

ber,  born  1767,  July  10;  sp.  Henrich  Bitting  and  wife. 
Maurer,  Fronica,  d.  of  Rudolph  Maurer,  b.  1767,  Aug.   11;   sp.  Fronica 

Frick  and  Rudi  Frick. 
Rith,  Elisabeth.a,  d.  of  Michael  Rith,  b.  1767,  Aug.  28;  sp.  Peter  Hellicas 

and  wife. 
Levi,  Johannes  Adam,  s.  of  David  Levi,  b.  1767,  Sept.  18;  sp.  Job.  Adam 

Hellicas  and  wife. 
Graeber,  Andreas,  s.  of  Ulrch  Graeber,  b.   1767,  Dec.  28;   sp.  Andreas 

Graeber  and  wife. 
Harn,  Abraham,  s.  of  Adam  Harn,  b.  1767,  Nov.  12;  sp.  Abraham  Segler 

and  wife. 
JoRG,  Anna  Barbara,  d.  of  Andreas  Jorg,  b.  1767,  Nov.  28;  sp.  Matheus 

Brickert  and  wife. 
Englet,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Caspar  Englet,   b.   1768,  Jan.   16;   sp.  Ulrich 

Graeber  and  wife. 
Hellicas,   Maria   Margreta,   d.  of  Joh.  Helicas,  b.    1768,   Febr.  26;    sp. 

Jacob  Geri  and  wife. 
Holshausen,  Joh.  Nicolaus,  s.  of  Andreas  Holshausen,  b.  1768,  March  11; 

sp.  Michael  Holshausen  and  Catarina  Wiant. 
Hellicas,  Eva,  d.  of  Peter  Hellicas,  b.  1768,  March  20;  sp.  Georg  Hor- 

lacher  and  wife. 
Schlieger,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Jost  Schlieger,  b.  1768,  Febr.  i;  sp.  Stoflel 

Schlieger  and  wife. 
Staut,  Joh.,  s.  of  Joh.  Staut,  b.   1768,  June   i;  sp.  Wendel  Reiniger  and 

wife. 
Fischer,  Stina,  d.  of  Wendel  Fischer,  b.  1768,  May  12;  sp.  Joh.  Segler  and 

Stina  Fischer. 
LiSER,  Barbara,  d.  of  Michael  Liser,  b.   1768,  ;   sp.   Casper   Hoffman 

and  wife. 


3i6  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Hoffmann,  Maria  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Casper  Hoffmann,  b.  1768,  Jan.  i; 

sp.  Michael  Liser  and  wife. 
Segler,  Jacob,  s.  of  Abraham  Segler,  b.  1768,  Sept.  15;  sp.  Jacob  Segler 

and  Margaretha  Moll. 
WiLLAUER,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Joh.  Willauer,  b.  1768,  Sept.  12;  sp.  Henrich 

Maurer  and  Elisabetha  Willauer. 
Moll,  Michael,  s.  of  Stoffel  Moll,  b.  1768,  June  12;  sp.  Michael  Moll. 
Dralinger,  Johannes  Petrus,  s.  of  Jacob  Dralinger,  b.   1767,  ;  sp. 

Petrus  Stroh,  living  in  Erfort  township. 
Schelle,  Maria  Susanna,  d.  of  Joh.  Schelle,  b.  1768,  Oct.  16;  sp.  Anna 

Maria  Maurer. 
Wetzel,  Petrus,  s.  of  Joh.  Wetzel,  b.  1768,  Sept.  23;  sp.  Petrus  Wetzel 

and  wife. 
CoLB,  Georg  Michael,  s.  of  Josephus  Colb,  b.  1768,  Sept.   i;   sp.  Georg 

Michael  and  Eva  Stelhvagen,  Jr. 
Wiant,  Josephus,  s.  of  Jacob  Wiant,  b.  1768,  Oct.  19;  sp.  Josephus  Wiant 

and  Anna  Margretha  Zimmermann,  d.  of  Conrad  Zimmermann. 
RiEDT,  Jacob,  s.  of  Andreas  Riedt,  b.   1768,  Dec.  6;  sp.  Jacob  Leydy  and 

wife. 
Fischer,  Christianus,  s.  of  Joh.  Fischer,  b.  1768,  Oct.  19;  sp.  Christianus 

Fischer  and  wife. 
Fischer,  Johannes  Georg,  s.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b.  1768,  Nov.  3;  sp.  Jo- 
hannes Georgus  Mack  and  wife. 
Geri,  Joh.  Petrus,  s.  of  Jacob  Geri,  b.  1769,  Jan.  25;   sp.  Peter  Hellicas 

and  wife. 
Sell,    M.\rgareta,    d.   of   Henrich    Sell,    b.    1769,   Jan.    14;    sp.   Margreta 

Welcker. 
Maurer,  Anna  Margretha,  d.  of  Peter  Maurer,  b.  1769,  Febr.   15;   sp. 

Than.  Maurer  and  wife. 
Rauch,  Joh.  Georgus,  s.  of  Philip  Rauch,  b.  1768,  Nov.  5;  sp.  Georg  Stein- 

mann  and  wife. 
Suessholtz,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Philip   Suessholtz,  b.   1769,   March  3 ;   sp. 

Benedict  Moll  and  Elisabetha  Reffschneider. 
Brennesholtz,  Johannes,  s.  of  Georg  Brennesholtz,  b.  1769,  March  7;  sp. 

Johannes  Jung  and  Catharina  Weiss. 
Suessholtz,  Henricus,  s.  of  Lorentz  Suessholtz,  b.  1769,  Febr.  21;  sp.  Hen- 
rich Dass  and  Elisabetha  Suessholtz. 
SCHINLIN,  Stina,  d.  of  Friedrich  Schinlin,  b.   1769,  Febr.   i ;  sp.  Melchior 

Kolb  and  wife. 
HoRNE,  Joh.  Erhartus,  s.  of  Benedict  Home,  b.   1769,  May  16;   sp.  Joh. 

Erhartus  Weis  and  wife. 
Danckel,  Joh.  Michaelus,  s.  of  Jacobus  Danckel,  b.   1769,  May  31;  sp. 

Joh.  Michaelus  Rheder  and  wife. 


New  Goshenhoppen~VoL  11.     Baptisms        317 

VViEGERT    Henricus,  s.  of  Friederich  Wiegert,  b.  1769,  Apr.  22;  so    Hen- 

nch  Maurer  and  Elisabetha  Suessholtz. 
HORLACHER,  JoHANNES  Georgus,  s.  of  Peter  Horlacher.  b.  1769    June  ro" 

sp.  Georg  Horlacher  and' wife. 
Bauer.  Susanna    d.  of  Abrahamus  Bauer,  b.  X769,  May  28;  sp.  Valendin 

l-inck  and  Susanna  Hupper. 

VVeis^  MICHAELUS,  s  of  Erhard  Weis,  b.  ,769.  June  ^^■,  sp.  Michael 
Knoeder  and  wife. 

Graeber,  Johannes  s.  of  Andreas  Graeber.  b.  1769,  June  aa ;  sp.  Henricus 
iiitting  and  wife. 

Hellicas  MARI.A  Margretha,  d.  of  Conrad  Heliicas,  b.  1769,  Aug.  3;  sp. 
Joh.  Schelleberger  and  wife.  &    i'    v 

Herrsch.  Elus,  s.  of  Henrich  Herrsch,  b.  1769,  July  24;  sp.  Ellas  Lang 
and  wife.  ^ 

Spielmann,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Michael  Spielmann,  b.  1769,  July  30-  sp  Ja- 
cobus Bossert  and   Margretha  Wertz 

Grabber  Johannes  s.  of  Philip  Graeber,  b.  X769,  July  Z3;  sp.  Joh. 
Rhoeder  and  Stina  Bitting.  ■'      ^ '     1     j 

Maenner  C.tharina,  d.  of  Joh.  Petrus  Maenner,  b.  1769,  Aug.  26;  sp. 
Joh.  Jung  and  Catharina  Weis. 

WiANT  David,  s.  of  Elias  Wiant,  b.  X769,  Aug.  X7;  sp.  David  Levi  and 
wire. 

STEiNMANN  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Joh.  Steinmann,  b.  1769.  Nov.  29-  sp 
Agnes  Steinmann.  widow 

""'"'and  iTi^"''  "  "'  ''^"'''  ^"''"■'  '•  ''''^  °"-  «=  '^-  J«'^-  F'-l^" 

Hauswirth.  Johannes,  s.  of  Jacob  Hauswirth,  b.  1769.  Nov.  x-  .p  Joh 
Fischer  and  wife.  ^'  •' 

"""HeT^'M^"'""''  '•  "'  ""^"^^  Reinheimer,  b.  X769,  Nov.  2;  sp. 
Henrich  Maurer  and  Elisabetha  Suessholtz 

"""and '"fe'^""'  ''  ''  ^"'''  ^°"'  '^  '''''  ^°^'-  ^°=  ^P"  ^^^^  Wagner 
Levi^Hanna,  d.  of  David  Levi.  b.  X769,  Dec.  4;  sp.  Abraham  Diilo  and 

LOESER.  MARIA  RosiNA  d.  of  Michael  Loese,  b.  X769,  Apr.  26;  sp.  Philip 
Leidecker  and  wife.  '     f-  ^  ""'l' 

Leioecker,  IVL.RIA  EusABETHA.  d.  of  Philip  Leideckcr,  b.  X769,  July  xx-  sp. 
Michael  Loeser  and  wife.  ^       '  ^ 


22 


3i8  Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 

Krisemer,  Margaretha,  d.  of  Leonhart  Krisemer,  b.  1770,  Jan.  17;  sp.  the 

mother 
Rudolph,  Catharina,  d.  of  Peter  Rudolph,  b.  1770,  Jan.  5 ;  sp.  Wendel 

Wiant,  Jr.,  and  wife. 
Lauer,  Anna  Margaretha,  d.  of  Peter  Lauer,  b.  1770,  Jan.  24;  sp.  Anna 

Margaretha  Reiss,  living  on  the  Oley  mountains. 
Jorg,  Joh.   Georgus,  s.  of  Andreas  Jorg,  b.   1770,   March   12;   sp.   Georg 

Welcker. 
Wetknecht,  Barbara,  d.  of  Jacob  Wetknecht,  b.  1770,  Jan.  15;  sp.  Jost 

Wiant,  Jr.,  and  Anna  Barbara  Reder. 
Moll,  Johannes  Georgus,  s.  of  Stoffel  Moll,  b.  1770,  March  i;  sp.  Georg 

Moll  and  wife. 
MoTZ,  Susanna,  d.  of  Johannes  Motz,  b.  1770,  March  4;  sp.  Matheus  Motz 

and  wife. 
Raudenbusch,  Johannes  Georgus,  s.  of  Jeremias  Raudenbusch,  b.   1770, 

Apr.  24;  sp.  Bernhart  Gilbert  and  wife. 
Nus,  Catharina,  d.  of  Conrad  Nus,  b.  1770,  May  3;  sp.  Michael  Raeder 

and  wife. 
Jost,  Johannes,  an  adult,  bapt.  Apr.  9,  1770,  also  instructed  in  the  faith. 
Segler,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Abraham  Segler,  b.  1770,  June  2;  sp.  Johannes 

Segler  and  wife. 
Fischer,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b.  1770,  June  11;  sp.  Joh.  Jost 

Wiant  and  Anna  Maria  Mack. 
Maurer,  Johannes,  s.  of  Joh.  Maurer,  b.  1770,  June  9;  sp.  Johannes  Cu- 

nius  and  wife. 
Segler,  Sophia,  d.  of  Joh.  Segler,  b.   1770,  June   13;   sp.  Petrus  Eberhart 

and  wife. 
Trump,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Adam  Trump,  b.   1770,  Oct.  4;   sp.  Leonhart 

Krisemer  and  wife. 
Schmidt,  Josephus,  s.  of  Lorentz  Schmidt,  b.   1770,   Oct.  23;   sp.  Joseph 

Colb  and  wife. 
Wiant,  Susanna,  d.  of  Wendel  Wiant,  b.  1770,  Oct.  16;  sp.  Erhart  Weiss 

and  wife. 
Schuetz,  Johannes  Jacobus,  s.  of  Philip  Schuetz,  b.  1770,  Aug  18;  sp. 

Jacob  Schmidt  and  Elisabetha  Erdmann. 
Pannebecker,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Petrus  Pannebecker,  b.  1770,  Dec.  4;  sp. 

Anna  Maria  Kern. 
Reitenauer,  Johannes,  s.  of  Stoffel  Reitenauer,  b.  1769    (or  1770),  June 

15;  sp.  Johannes  Klein  and  wife. 
Reitenauer,  Johannes  Henricus,  s.  of  Stoffel  Reitenauer,  b.  1770,  Oct.  9; 

sp.  the  father  himself. 
CuNius,  Joh.  Philip,  s.  of  Joh.  Cunius,  b.  1770,  Dec.  6;  sp.  Philip  Heiss 

and  wife. 


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Heilig,  Elisabetha  Barbara,  d.  of  Georg  Heilig,  b.   1771,   Febr.  3;   sp. 

Georg  Michael  Renter  and  wife  Elisabetha. 
RiEDT,  Philip,  s.  of  Andreas  Riedt,  b.  1771,  Jan.  26;  sp.  Philip  Riedt  and 

wife. 
Tralinger,  Petrus,  s.  of  Peter  Tralinger,  b.   1770,  Dec.  20;  sp.  Andreas 

Riedt  and  wife. 
Gerhart,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Abraham  Gerhart,  b.  1771,  Jan.  2;  sp.  Daniel 

Neier  and  wife. 
Staut,  Johannes  Georgus,  s.  of  Joh.  Staut,  b.  1771,  March  17;  sp.  Georg 

Rosemann  and  Juliana  May. 
Hellicas,   Susanna,   d.  of  Conrad   Hellicas,  b.   1771,   May  3;   sp.  Jacob 

Danckel  and  wife. 
Meyer,  Andreas,  s.  of  Jacob  Meyer,  b.  1771,  Febr.  9;  sp.  Andreas  Maurer 

and  wife. 
Spielmann,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Michael  Spielmann,  b.  1771,  Apr.  13;  sp. 

Anna  Maria  Wertz. 
Mack,   Catharina,   d.   of  George   Mack,  b.    1771,   March    i;   sp.   Henrich 

Stettler  and  wife. 
Welcker,   Georgus,  s.   of  Jacob   Welcker,   b.    1771,    May   9;    sp.   Georg 

Welcker. 
Frack,  Joh.,  s.  of  Daniel  Frack,  b.  1771,  Apr.   13;  sp.  Conrad  Grob  and 

wife. 
Mayer,  Friedericus,  s.  of  Jacob  Mayer,  b.  1771,  May  12;  sp.  Friedericus 

Pannebecker. 
Horne,  Joh.  Erhartus,  s.  of  Benedict  Home,  b.  1771,  Apr.  5;  sp.  Rehartus 

Weiss  and  wife. 
Hellicas,  Joh.  Georg,  s.  of  Georg  Hellicas,  b.  1771,  Aug.  15;  sp.  Georg 

Horlacher  and  wife. 
Levi,  Anna  Margretha,  d.  of  David  Levi,  b.  1771,  July  7;  sp.  Abraham 

Dittlo  and  wife. 
Danckel,  Henrich,  s.  of  Jacob  Danckel,  b.   1771,  June  30;  sp.  Henrich 

Mueller  and  wife. 
Geri,  Joh.  Michaelus,  s.  of  Jacob  Geri,  b.  1771,  July  13;  sp.  Joh.  Cunius 

and  wife. 
Gucker,   Hanna,   d.  of  Peter   Gucker,  b.   1771,   July   5;   sp.  Maria   Cath. 

Geiger. 
WiLLAUER,  Johannes,  s.  of  Joh.  Willauer,  b.  1771,  Aug.  30;  sp.  Christian 

Wannemacher. 
Reinheimer,  Johannes  Philipus,  s.  of  Georg  Reinheimer,  b.  1771,  Sept.  8; 

sp.  Joh.  Philip  Suessholtz. 
Nus,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Conrad  Nus,  b.  1771,  Sept.  22;  sp.  Jacob  Danckel  and 

wife. 


320  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Koi.B,  JoH.  Georgus,  s.  of  Joseph  Kolb,  b.  1771,  Aug.  10;  sp.  Georg  Kolb 

and  wife. 
Rudolph,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Peter  Rudolph,  b.  1771,  Sept.  4;  sp.  Joh.  Jacob 

Schneider  and  wife. 
Bauer,  Maria,  d.  of  Abraham  Bauer,  b.  1771,  Aug.  24;  sp.  Benedict  Strom 

and  wife. 
Faber,  Johannes  Theobalt,  s.  of  Rev.  Faber,  b.  1771,  Sept.  24;  sp.  Daniel 

Gros,  minister  in  Saucon  and  Springfield. 
Dorworth,  Joh.  Philip,  s.  of  Jacob  Dorworth,  b.  1771,  Nov.  5;  sp.  Philip 

Schutz  and  wife. 
Sell,  Henrich,  s.  of  Henrich  Sell,  b.  1771,  Sept.  19;  sp.  Henrich  Panne- 

bccker. 
Steinmann,  Maria  Margaretha,  d.  of  Joh.  Steinmann,  b.  1771,  Sept.  17; 

sp.  Sophia  Maurer. 
Brennesholtz,  Christian,  s.  of  Georg  Brennesholtz,  b.  1771,  Oct.  8;  sp. 

Mueller  and  wife. 
Fischer,  Hermann,  s.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b.  1771,  Nov.  15;  sp.  Joh.  Fischer 

and  wife. 
Lauer,  Joh.  Philip,  s.  of  Peter  Lauer,  b.  1771,  Dec.  i ;  sp.  Philip  Heiss  and 

wife. 
Segler,  Maria  Barbara,  d.  of  Abraham  Segler,  b.  1771,  Dec.  7;  sp.  Maria 

Barb.  Suessholtz. 
Horlacher,   Elisabetha,    d.   of   Georg  Horlacher,   b.    1772,   Jan.    n;    sp. 

Georg  Hellicas  and  wife. 
Moll,  Margaretha,  d.  of  Stoffel  Moll,  b.   1772,  Febr.  5;   sp.  Margretha 

Moll. 
SUESSHOLLSS,  EvA   Catharina,   b.   1772,  Jan.   7;    sp.   Abraham  Bauer  and 

wife,  d.  of  Lorens  Suessholss. 
Wiant,  Anna  Maria  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Elias  Wiant,  b.  1772,  March  13; 

sp.  Rudolph  Dresch  and  wife. 
Hellic.\s,  Joh.,  s.  of  Peter  Hellicas,  b.  1772,  Febr.  27;  sp.  Reichert  Klein 

and  wife. 
Raeder,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Michael  Raeder,  b.  1772,  Febr.  18;  sp.  Philip 

Laar  and  wife. 
Segler,  Joh.  Rudolphus,  s.  of  Joh.  Segler,  b.  1772,  Febr.  21;  sp.  Rudolph 

Segler. 
Eckert,  Wilhelm,  s.  of  Justus  Eckert,  b.  1771,  Aug.  14;  sp.  Conrad  Hel- 
licas, instead  of  Wilhelm  Boos. 
Leidecker,  Joh.  Jacobus,  s.  of  Philip  Leidecker,  b.  1771,  Sept.  30;  sp.  Joh. 

Jacob  Meisenheimer  and  Susanna  Hupper. 
Wiant,  Susanna,  d.  of  Jost  Wiant,  b.  1772,  May  23;  sp.  Jacob  Danckel 

and  wife. 


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Walter,  Joh.   Georg,  s.  of  Henrich  Walter,  b.   1772,  June    i ;   sp.   Joh. 

Georg  Ziegenfuss  and  wife. 
Hellicas,  Joh.  Jacob,  s.  of  Joh.  Adam  Hellicas,  b.    1772,   Apr.  26;   sp. 

David  Levi  and  wife. 
Berret,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Casper  Berret,  b.  1772,  June  15;  sp.  Jacobus  Wane- 

macher  and  wife. 
Wiaxt,  Wendel,  s.  of  Wendel  Wiant,  b.  1772,  Aug.  8;  sp.  Wendel  Wiant 

and  wife. 
Rautenbusch,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Jeremias  Rautenbusch,  b.  1772,  July  31; 

sp.  Michael  Rautenbusch  and  wife. 
LiESER,  Maria  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Michael  Lieser,  b.   1772,  June  28;   sp. 

Anna  Elisabetha  Leidecker. 
Schenlin,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Friedr.  Schenlin,  b.  1772,  July  3;  sp.  Hen- 
rich  Walter  and  wife. 
Wetknecht,  Andre.\s,  s.  of  Jacob  Wetknecht,  b.   1772,  July  20;  sp.  And. 

Riedt  and  wife. 
Frack,  Johannes  Jacobus,  s.  of  Dan.  Frack,  b.  1772,  Sept.  4;  sp.  Jacobus 

Frack  and  wife. 
CuNius,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Johannes  Cunius,  b.  1772,  Nov.  6;  sp.  Leonhart 

Grisemer  and  wife. 
Maurer,  Andreas,  s.  of  Andreas  Maurer,  b.  1772,  Jan.  17;  sp.  the  parents. 
FiNCK,  Johannes,  s.  of  Valet.  Finck,  b.  1772,  Oct.  5 ;  sp.  Joh.  Nicol  Finck. 
Maurer,  Anna  Barbara,  d.  of  Peter  Maurer,  b.  1773,  Febr.  7;  sp.  Mar- 

gretha  Fisher. 
Hellicas,  Johannes,  s.  of  Joh.  Georg  Hellicas,  b.  1773,  Febr.  11;  sp.  Joh. 

Hellicas  and  wife. 
Krisemer,  Susanna,  d.  of  Leonhhart  Krisenner,  b.  1773,  Jan.  14;  sp.  Philip 

Laar  and  wife. 
Krisemer,   Joh.   Friedrich,   s.   of  Joh.   Krisemer,   b.    1773,   March    5;    sp. 

Fried.  Hellicas  and  Catharina  Krisemer. 
Willauer,  Johann  Georg,  s.  of  Joh.  Willauer,  b.   1773,  March  25;   sp. 

Stoffel  Reitenauer  and  wife. 
Segler,   Ferena,   d.  of   Abraham   Segler,  b.    1773,   May    13;    sp.   Andreas 

Maurer  and  wife. 
Rauch,  Daniel,  s.  of  Philip  Rauch,  b.  1772,  Nov.  lo;  sp.  the  father. 
Staut,  Petrus,  s.  of  Joh.  Staut,  b.  1773,  Apr.  12;  sp.  Peter  Finck  and  Bar- 
bara May. 
Danckel,  Johannes,  s.  of  Jacob  Danckel,  b.  1773,  May  25;  sp.  Joh.  Raeder 

and  Christina  Graeber. 
KoLB,  Susanna,  d.  of  Georg  Kolb,  b.  1773,  May  16;  sp.  Peter  Gucker  and 

wife. 


322  Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 

RiED,  Anna  Margaretha,  d.  of  Andreas  Ried,  b.  1773,  June  22;  sp.  Conrad 

Hellicas  and  wife. 
Mertz,   Elisabetha,    d.   of   Nicolas   Mertz,   b.    1773,   June   2;    sp.   Martin 

Kleber  and  wife. 
Faber,  Daniel,  s.  of  Rev.  Faber,  b.  1773,  Aug.  3  ;  sp,  the  parents. 
Rautebusch,  Michael,  s.  of  Michael  Rautebusch,  b.  1773,  Sept.  21;  sp. 

the  father. 
Pannebecker,  Anna  Margretha,  d.  of  Peter  Pannebecker,  b.  1773,  Aug. 

20;  sp.  Georg  Welcker  and  wife. 
WlANT,  Catharina,  d.  of  Jost  Wiant,  b.  1773,  Aug.  8;  sp.  Michael  Raeder 

and  wife. 
Levi,  Jacobus,  s.  of  David  Levi,  b.   1773,  Aug.  22;  sp.  Jacob  Lang  and 

wife. 
EcKART,  JoH.,  s.  of  Justus  Eckart,  b.   1773,  Sept.  18;  sp.  Joh.  Keuper  and 

Maria  Elis.  Bernhart. 
Kohl,  Catharina,  d.  of  Jacob  Kohl,  b.  1773,  Sept.  22;  sp.  Cath.  Wiant. 
Fischer,  Philip,  s.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b.  1773,  Sept.  9;  sp.  Philip  Laar  and 

wife. 
Segler,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Rudolph  Segler,  b.  1773,  May  u;  sp.  Jacob  Segler. 
Stofflet,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Michael  Stofflet,  living  at  Falckner  Swamp, 

b.  1771,  May  9;  sp.  Elis.  Kiesler. 
Nus,  SUSANN.A,  d.  of  Conrath  Nus,  b.  1773,  Nov.  3;  sp.  Jacob  Danckel  and 

wife. 
HoRNE,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Benedict  Home,  b.  1773,  Nov.  17;  sp.  Henrich 

Schmidt  and  wife. 
Kolbein,  Susanna,  d.  of  Joseph  Kolbein,  b.  1773,  Oct.  20;  sp.  And.  Jung 

and  wife. 
Rauber,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Jacob  Rauber,  b.  1773,  Oct.  13;  sp.  the  parents. 
Stein.mann,  Johannes,  s.  of  Joh.  Steinmann,  b.   1773,   Sept.   8;   sp.  Joh. 

Schell. 
Kucker,  C.'VTHARINA,  d.  of  Peter  Kucker,  b.  1773,  Oct.  29;  sp.  Henr.  Stet- 

tler  and  wife. 
Sell,  Johannes,  s.  of  Henr.  Sell,  b.  1773,  Nov.  27;  sp.  the  father. 
Hellig.\s,  Friedericus,  s.  of  Conr.  Helligas,  b.  1774,  Jan.  13;  sp.  Andreas 

Riedt  and  wife. 
Finck,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Valentin  Finck,  b.  1773,  Dec.  6;  sp.  Jacobus  Wittmer 

and  wife. 
Reninger,  Joh.  Friedericus,  s.  of  Fried.  Reninger,  b.  1774,  Jan.  3;  sp.  Peter 

Helligas  and  Juliana  May. 
Moll,    Christophorus,   s.   of   Stoffel   Moll,   b.    1774,   Febr. ;    sp.   Christoph. 

Schlieger  and  wife. 
Walter,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Henrich  Walter,  b.  1774,  March  16;  sp.  Fried. 

Scheneling  and  wife. 


New  Goshenhoppen — Fol.  II.     Baptisms        323 

Stellwagen,  Margaretha,  d.  of  Hen.  Stellwagen,  b.  1774,  May  19;  sp. 

Con.  Helligas  and  wife. 
Fischer,   Hermann,    s.   of  Wendel   Fischer,   b.    1774,  Jan.   5 ;    sp.    Georg 

Fischer  and  wife. 
Jung,  Andreas,  s.  of  Andreas  Jung,  b.  1774,  Apr.  26;  sp.  Erhart  Weis  and 

wife. 
SuESHOLS,  Barbara,  d.  of  Phil.  Sueshols,  b.  1774,  May  8;  sp.  Het.  Helligas 

and  Barbara  Sueshols. 
Bauer,  Maria  Catharina,  d.  of  Abr.  Bauer,  b.   1774,  Apr.  2;  sp.  Hen. 

Walter  and  wife. 
Rauch,  Petrus,  s.  of  Phil.  Rauch,  b.  1774,  March  7;  sp.  Peter  Stroh  and 

wife. 
Neitelinger,  Maria  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Bened.  Neitelinger,  b.  1773,  Nov.  8; 

sp.  Michael  Hinerleiter  and  Elis.  Beyer. 
GiLLEM,  Andreas,  s.  of  Con.  Gillem,  b.  1774,  Jan.  19;  sp.  Andreas  Graeber 

and  Cathar.  Gillem. 
Holtzehausen,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Jacob  Holtzehausen,  b.  1774,  March 

25 ;  sp.  Henrich  Muller  and  wife. 
LiESER,  Maria,  d.  of  Michael  Lieser   (who  was  buried  the  same  day  that 

the  child  was  baptized),  b.  1773,  Dec.  10;  sp.  the  mother. 
Segler,  Joh,,  s.  of  Joh.  Segler,  b.   1774,   May  4;   sp.  Joh.  Steinmann   and 

wife. 
Leiedecker,  Maria  Rqsina,  d.  of  Philip  Leiedecker,  b.  1774,  June  i;  sp. 

the  parents. 
DiMiG,  Joh.  Michael,  s.  of  Peter  Dimig,  b.  1774,  June  25;  sp.  Michael 

Rauter  and  wife. 
Wagner,   Georg   Fried,   s.  of  Zacharias  Wagner,  b.   1774,   Aug.   17;   sp. 

Georg  Heisst  and  Maria  Heilig. 
Weiler,  Johannes,  s.  of  Andreas  Weiler,  b.  1774,  Oct.  6;  sp.  Joh.  Mack. 
Mueller,  Anna  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Jacob  Mueller,  b.  1774,  Sept.  30;  sp. 

Jacob  Koerwer  and  wife. 
Lar,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Philip  Lar,  b.  1774,  Oct.  18;  sp.  Froni  Mack. 
Stroh,  Peter,  s.  of  Peter  Stroh,  b.  1774,  Oct.  30;  sp.  the  parents. 
Wetknecht,  Michael,  s.  of  Jacob  Wetknecht,  b.  1774,  July  13;  sp.  Michael 

Huper  and  Magd.  Zimmermann. 
Moll,  Johannes,  s.  of  Georg  Moll,  b.  1774,  Nov.  10;  sp.  Stoffel  Moll. 
Raeder,  Magdalena,  d.  of  Michael  Raeder,  b.   1774,  Oct.  19;   sp.  Casper 

Erb  and  wife. 
Grise.mer,  Jacobus,   s.  of  Leonhart  Grisemer,  b.   1774,   Nov.  28;   sp.  Joh. 

Jacob  Geri  and  Marg.  Cunius. 
KOLB,  MAGD.4LENA,  d.  of  Joseph  Kolb,  b.   1775,  Jan.  27;   sp.   Georg  Kolb 

and  wife. 


324  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

DoERL,  Retschel   (Rachel),  d.  of  Andreas  Doerl,  b.  1775,  Febr.  24;  sp. 

the  parents,  living  in  Hertfort  township,  Berks  County. 
Emerich,   Ludwig,   s.   of   Ludwig   Emerich,   b.    1775,   Jan.   27;    sp.   Ludw. 

Graeber  and  Margaret  Mumbauer. 
Frack,  Hekrich,  s.  of  Daniel  Frack,  b.  Febr.  19;  sp.  Henrich  Hertzel  and 

wife. 
Heckman,  Susanna,  d.  of  Joh.  Heckman,  b.  1774,  Dec.  8;  sp.  Georg  Heilig 

and  wife. 
Espeschid,  Eva  Barbara,  d.  of  Jacob  Espeschid,  b.   1773,  March  24;   sp. 

Joh.  Neukomer  and  wife. 
Espeschid,   Henrich,   s.  of  Jacob  Espeschid,   b.    1775,   Jan.    18;   sp.   Hen. 

Hapel. 
Wiant,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Wendel  Wiant,  b.  1775,  Jan.  20;  sp.  Elis.  Weiss 

and  Peter  Helligas. 
Secler,  Johannes,  s.  of  Rudolph  Segler,  b.  1775,  Febr.  27;  sp.  Nicol.  Wol- 

fart  and  wife. 
Hellig.xs,  Eva,  d.  of  Georg  Helligas,  b.   1775,  May  25;   sp.   Georg   Hor- 

lacher  and  wife. 
WiNCKES,  Henrich,  s.  of  Peter  Winckes,  b.  1775,  May  13;  sp.  Hen.  Stettler 

and  wife. 
Nus,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Conrad  Nus,  b.  1775,  May  4;  sp.  Hen.  Walter 

and  wife. 
Eckel,  Johannes,  s.  of  Philip  Eckel,  b.   1775,  March   6;   sp.  Joh.  Wilh. 

Cunius  and  Elis.  Geri. 
Steinman,  Joh.  Georg  and  Petrus,  sons  of  Joh.  Georg  Steinman,  b.  1775, 

Jan.  26;   sp.  for  the  first  the  parents,  for  the  2nd  Philip  Rauch   and 

wife. 
Fischer,  Susanna,  d.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b.  1775,  June  14;  sp.  Jacob  Segler 

and  Susanna  Mack. 
Levi,  Sara,  d.  of  David  Levi,  b.  1775,  June  29;  sp.  Adam  Schneider  and 

wife. 
Mayer,   Abraham,   s.   of  Jacob   Mayer,  b.    1775,   June    6;    sp.   Abraham 

Maurer. 
Helligas,  Anna  Maria  Margaretha,  b.  1775,  June  14;  sp.  Adam  Helligas 

and  Magreta  Hornecker. 
Raudebusch,  Petrus,  s.  of  Michael  Raudebusch,  b.  1775,  Aug.  18;  sp.  the 

parents. 
Faber,  Eva,  d.  of  Rev.  Faber,  b.  1775,  Aug.  28;  sp.  my  sister  Eva. 
Helligas,  Anna   Maria,   d.  of  Conrad   Helligas,  b.   1775,  Aug.   18;   sp. 

Andreas  Ried  and  wife. 
FiNCK,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Valentin  Finck,  b.   1775,  June  22;  sp.   David 

Sissholtz  and  wife. 


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WOLB,  Catharina,  d.  of  Andreas  Wolb,  b.  1775,  July  27;  sp.  Jost  Schlieger 

and  wife. 
RiED,  Andreas,  s.  of  Andreas  Ried,  b.  1775,  Oct.  20;  sp.  Philip  Neis  and 

wife. 
Heckmann,  Joh.  Adam,  s.  of  Adam  Heckmann,  b.  1775,  Oct.  10;  sp.  Adam 

Ziegenfuss  and  Marg.  Bobermayer. 
Tand,  Daniel,  s.  of  Joh.  Tand,  b.  1775,  Oct.  19;   sp.  Daniel  Mover   and 

wife. 
KoLB,  Petrus,  s.  of  Georg  Kolb,  b.  1775,  Dec.  20;  sp.  Peter  Gvicker  and 

wife. 
Pannebecker,  Johannes,  s.  of  Fried.  Pannebecker,  b.   1775,  Nov.  4;   sp. 

Joh.  Neukomer. 
Hoffmann,  Elisa  Barbara,  d.  of  Andreas  Hoffmann,  b.   1775,  Aug.  21; 

sp.  Georg  Heilig  and  wife. 
Maurer,  Anna   Maria,   d.   of  Peter   Maurer,   b.    1775,   Dec.   29;   sp.  Joh. 

Mack  and  Anna  Maria  Schell. 
Weilller,  Andreas,  s.  of  Andreas  Weiller,  b.   1776,   March   5;   sp.  And. 

Weiller  and  wife. 
Blum,  Joh.  Martin,  s.  of  David  Blum,  b.  1776,  Febr.  i;  sp.  Martin  Lang 

and  Christina  Hering. 
Kucker,  Maria  Barbara,  d.  of  Peter  Kucker,  b.  1776,  Apr.  16;  sp.  Joseph 

Kolb  and  wife. 
Kolb,  Petrus,  s.  of  Joseph  Kolb,  b.  1776,  Apr.  18;  sp.  Petrus  Kucker  and 

wife. 
Steinman,  Maria  Catharina,  d.  of  Joh.  Steinman,  b.   1776,  Jan.   13;   sp. 

Catharina  Schell. 
Hittel,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Adam  Hittel,  b.  1776,  March  7;  sp.  Ben.  Sell 

and  wife. 
Jung,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Andreas  Jung,  b.  1776,  May  i;  sp.  Joseph  Kolb 

and  wife. 
Segler,  Juliana,  d.  of  Joh.  Segler,  b.  1776,  May  4;  sp.  Juliana  Fischer. 
WiLLAUER,  Joh.  Jacobus,  s.  of  Johannes  Willauer,  b.  1775,  Oct.  26;   sp. 

Jacob  Wannemacher  and  wife. 
HOLSHAUSEN,  ANNA  Maria,  d.  of  Jacob  Holshausen,  b.   1776,  May  19;  sp. 

Andreas  Graeber  and  wife. 
Moll,  Henricus,  s.  of  Stoffel  Moll,  b.  1776,  June  17;  sp.  Hen.  Segler. 
WiANT,  Johannes,  s.  of  Jost  Wiant,  b.  1774,  Nov.  15;  sp.  Joh.  Raeder  and 

Christiana  Wiant. 
Fischer,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Wendel  Fischer,  b.  1776,  Apr,  ro;  sp.  Joh. 

Mack  and  wife. 
Wiant,  Johannes  Henricus,  s.  of  Wendel  Wiant,  b.  1776,  Aug.  4;  sp. 

Hen.  Mueller  and  wife. 


326  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

SCHLIEGER,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Hen.  Schlieger,  b.  1776,  July  31;   sp.  An- 
dreas Miller  and  wife. 
Rudolph,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Peter  Rudolph,  b.  1776,  Aug.  17;  sp.  Maria 

Huper  and  Peter  Lauer. 
ECKART,  Johannes,  s.  of  Justus  Eckart,  b.  1776,  Aug.  28;  sp.  the  parents. 
HoFMANN,  JoH.  MiCHAEL,  s.   of  Casper   Hofmann,  b.   1776,   May   18;   sp. 

Michael  Keck  and  Eva  Liser. 
Heckmann,  Joh.  Philippus,  s.  of  Adam  Heckmann,  b.  1776,  Nov.  22;  sp. 

Gabriel  Bobenmayer. 
Mack,  Johannes,  s.  of  Joh.  Mack,  b.  1776,  Dec.  19;  sp.  Joh.  Mack. 
Horne,  Susanna,  d.  of  Benedict  Home,  b.  1776,  Nov.  10;  sp.  Erhart  Weis 

and  wife. 
Espeschied,  Joh.  Jacobus,  s.  of  Jacob  Espeschied,  b.   1776,  Oct.  21;   sp. 

Jacob  Nus  and  Christina  Wiant. 
Sell,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Hen.  Sell,  b.  1776,  Oct.  7;  sp.  Peter  Helligas  and 

wife. 
Raeder,  Daniel,  s.  of  Joh.  Raeder,  b.  1776,  Dec.  16;  sp.  Michael  Raeder 

and  wife. 
Schmidt,  ,  d.  of  Lorentz  Schmidt,  b.   1776,  Aug.  26;  sp.  Georg  Rein- 

heimer  and  wife. 
Messin,   Johannes,   s.   of   Thomas   Messin,   b.    1776,    May   24;    sp.   Mich. 

Raeder  and  wife. 
Killer,  Joh.  Michael,  s.  of  Martin  Killer,  b.  1774,  Febr.  17;  sp.  Michael 

Raeder  and  wife. 
Killer,  Susann.\,  d.  of  Martin  Killer,  b.  1775,  Dec.  i ;  sp.  Con.  Nus  and 

wife. 
Maurer,  Anna  Margareta,  d.  of  Andreas  Maurer,  b.  1776,  March  25;  sp. 

parents. 
Moll,  Joh.  Georg,  s.  of  Georg  Moll,  b.  1777,  Apr.  3;  sp.  Daniel  Neier 

and  wife. 
Frick,  Susanna,  d.  of  Hen.  Prick,  b.  1777,  March  23;  sp.  Wendel  Wiant 

and  wife. 
Loch,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Peter  Loch,  b.   1777,  May  12;  sp.  Maria  Dorothea 

Wannemacher. 
Grisemer,  Abraham,  s.  of  Leonhart  Grisemer,  b.  1777,  Apr.  16;  sp.  Abra- 
ham Grisemer  and  Elis.  Geri. 
Seib,  Friedericus,  s.  of  Bernhart  Seib,  b.  1777,  Aug.  31;  sp.  Fried.  Wartin 

and  Margretha  Dresch. 
WiNCKES,  Magdalena,  d.  of  Peter  Winckes,  b.   1777,  July  29;   sp.  Georg 

Kolb  and  wife. 
Brey,  Eva  Catharina,  d.  of  Wendel   Brey,  b.   1777,  July  29;   sp.   Georg 

Reyer  and  Eva  Catharina  Brey. 


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Mueller    Joh.   Georg,   s.  of  Georg  Mueller,   b.   1777.   Nov.   5;   sp.  Joh. 

Nicol.  Schupert. 
Salomon,  Maria  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Gabriel  Salomon,  b.  1777   Nov  20-  sp 

Maria  Elis.  Etgae(?).  '       '  '^' 

SCHLIEGER,  JosT,  s.  of  Hen.  Schlieger,  b.   ,777,  Oct.   X7;  sp.  Jost  Schlieger 
and  wife.  ^ 

SCHMIDT,   JoH.   JACOB,   s.   of  Jacob   Schmidt,   b.    1777.   Oct.   15;    sp.   Jacob 
Strauss  and  wife. 

Fischer,  Christina,  d.  of  Georg  Fischer,  b.  1777,  Oct.  28;  sp.  Joh.  Segler 
and  wife. 

Helligas,  JoH.  JACOB,  s.  of  Peter  Helligas,  b.  1777,  Nov.  2;  sp.  David  Hot- 

tenstein  and  wife. 
Weiller    Joh.   Jost,  s.   of  Andreas   Weiller,   b.    1777,   Sept.   28;    sp.   Joh. 

Weiller  and  Fronica  Mack. 
RiEDT,  Johannes,  s.  of  Andreas  Riedt,  b.  1778,  Febr.  17;  sp.  Jacob  Riedt 

and  wife. 
Kolb.  Samuel,  s.  of  Georg  Kolb,  b.  1777,  Oct.  4;  sp.  Samuel  Kolb. 
CuNius    Johannes,  s.  of  Wilh.  Cunius,  b.  1777.  Dec.  5;  sp.  Joh.  Cunius 

and  wife. 

Reinheimer,  Maria  Barbara,  d.  of  Georg  Reinheimer,  b.  1778,  Febr.  20- 
sp.  Michael  Dijle  and  wife. 

Helligas,  Magdalena,  d.  of  Conrad  Helligas,  b.  1778,  March  S;  sp.  Con- 
rad Schellcberger  and  wife. 

M..YER,  IsAAK,  s.  Of  Jacob  Mayer,  b.  1777,  Oct.  -;  sp.  Andreas  Maurer 
and  Maria  Maurer. 

Faber,  Georgus.  s.  of  Rev.  Faber,  b.  1778,  Febr.  i;  sp.  my  bro.-in-law 
Daniel  Roos  and  wife. 

Rudolph,  Daniel,  s.  of  Peter  Rudolph,  b.  1778,  Apr.  x;  sp.  Joh.  Mack  and 
wife. 

Panebecker,  Maria  Margaretha,  d.  of  Fied.  Panebecker,  b.  1777,  Apr  o- 
rp.  Hen.  Alles  and  wife. 

Segler  Georgus,  s.  of  Joh.  Segler,  b.  1778,  Febr.  8;  sp.  George  Steinman 
and  wife. 

Steinman,  Johannes,  s.  of  Georg  Steinman,  b.  1778,  Tan.  29;  sp.  Joh. 
Segler  and  wife. 

Levi,  Andreas,  s.  of  David  Levi,  b.  1778,  Apr.  28;  sp.  Andreas  Ried  and 
wife. 

Schmidt,  Georg  Petrus,  s.  of  Philip  Jacobus  Schmidt,  b.  1778,  June  2-  sp 

Christian  Zoller  and  wife. 
Mueller,  Joh.  Henricus,  s.  of  Hen.  Mueller,  b.  1778,  June  29;  sp.  Hen. 

Bitting  and  wife. 


328  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

DiEL,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Michael  Diel,  b.  1778,  July  2;  sp.  Valentin  Frick 

and  wife. 
Jung,  Susanna,  d.  of  Andreas  Jung,  b.  1778,  May  22;  sp.  Nicolaus  Jung 

and  wife. 
Staut,  Jacobus,  s.  of  Joh.  Staut,  b.   1778,  Aug.  7;  sp.  Jacob  Mayer  and 

Sara  May. 
KiESLER,  Martin,  s.  of  Martin  Kiesler,  b.   1778,  July  18;  sp.  Jost  Wiant 

and  wife. 
Klein,  Catharina,  d.  of  Gabriel  Klein,  b.   1778,  Nov.  5;  sp.  Joh.  Cunius 

and  wife. 
Christman,  Joh.  Phii.ippus,  s.  of  Philip  Christman,  b.   1779,  Febr.   i  ;   sp. 

Antoni  Steller  and  wife. 
Panebecker,  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Fried.  Panebecker,  b.   1779,   Febr.   11;   sp. 

Weiant  Panebecker  and  wife. 
Frick,  Magdalena,  d.  of  Henrich   Frick,  b.   1779,   March  2;   sp.   Wendel 

Wiant,  Sr.,  and  wife. 
Schmidt,  Henricus,  s.  of  Jacob  Schmidt,  b.  1779,  Apr.  19;  sp.  Hen.  Schmidt 

and  wife. 
Eisenhauer,  Catharina,  d.  of  Martin   Eisenhauer,  b.   1779,   May   i;   sp. 

Nicolaus  Mertz  and  wife. 
Raeder,  Samuel,  s.  of  Joh.  Raeder,  b.  1779,  May  8;  sp.  Conrad  Xus  and 

wife. 
Wiant,  Joh.  Henricus,  s.  of  Jost  Wiant,  b.   1779,   May   31;   sp.   Henr. 

Mueller  and  wife. 
Fritzinger,  Maria  Elisabetha,  d.  of  Ernst  Fritzinger,  b.  1779,  May  24; 

sp.  Joh.  Braun  arid  wife. 
Steinman,  Joh.  Georgus,  s.  of  Joh.  Steinman,  b.  1779,  March  13;  sp.  the 

parents. 
Sell,  Catharina,  d.  of  Henr.  Sell,  b.  1779,  June  18;  sp.  Antoni  Sell  and 

wife. 
Fischer,  Jacobus,  s.  of  George  Fischer,  b.  1779,  June  24;  sp.  Jacob  Eber- 

hart  and  wife. 
Fischer,  Margaretha,  d.  of  Wendel  Fischer,  b.  1779,  June  27;  sp.  Petrus 

Lauer  and  wife  Margretha. 
KoLB,  Anna  Maria,  d.  of  Georg  Kolb,  b.  1779,  Sept.  18;  sp.  Samuel  Stettler 

and  wife 
Eckart,  Georgus,  s.  of  Justus  Eckart,  b.   1779,  Oct.  6;   sp.  Joh.  Theob. 

Faber  and  wife. 
[Rev.  John  Theobald  Faber  left  Goshenhoppen  in  October,  1779,  having 
accepted  a  call  to  Lancaster,  Pa.] 


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[3.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  SUPPLIES,   1780-1781.] 


Children 
Jacob,     born     May    7, 

baptized  June  18 
Catharina    Elisabetha, 

b.  July  9,  bap.  July  27 
Andreas,    b.   July   2, 

bap.  Sept.  3 
Christina,    b.   July   31, 

bap.  Sept.  3 
Margaretha,    b.    Apr. 

20,  bap.   Sept.   3. 
Wendel,    b.    Aug.    30, 

bap.   Sept.   17 
Andreas,    b.    Sept.    18, 

bap.  Oct.  20 
Johannes,    b.    Sept.   4, 

bap.  Oct.  20 
Henrich,    b.    Oct.    i, 

bap.  Nov.  8 
Henrich,   b.   Apr.   27, 

bap.    May    ii 
Anna   Maria,   b.    Sept. 

16,  bap.  Oct.  8 
Michael,   b.   Apr.   22, 

bap.   May    13 
Joh.  Jacob,  b.  Apr.  18, 

bap.  May   13 
Michael,    b.    July   6, 

bap. 

Hans   Adam,    b.    Nov. 

12,  bap.   Dec. 
John    Adam,    b.    Nov. 

12 
Jacob,  b.  Mar.   12 

[Most  of  these  entries 


1780. 
Parents 
Leonhard    Hartranf, 

wife   Christina 
Peter   Lauer   and   \vf. 

Margaretha 
Ludwig    Graeber    and 

wf.   Elisabetha 
Henrich   Buedding  and 

wf.  Eva 
Johannes     Segler     and 

wf.  Christina 
Jacob    Weiss    and    wf. 

Elisabetha 
Johannes   Weyler    and 

wf.    Margaretha 
Conrad   Hess   and   wf. 

wf.  Margaretha 
Abraham  Maurer  and 

wf.   Barbara 
Andreas  Jung  and  wf. 

Susanna 
Christophel    Moll    and 

wf.  Elisabetha 
Jacob    Nuss    and    wf. 

Anna   Maria 
Philip  Christmann  and 

wf.   Margaretha 
Andreas  Ried  and  wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Georg  Hillegas   and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
George   Hillegas 


Witnesses 
Joh.   Jacob   Mayer, 

Creth  May,  single 
Johannes    Fischer, 

Catharina  Elisa,  wf. 
Andreas    Graeber   and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Franciscus    Leydich, 

wf.   Christina 
Margaretha    Fischer, 

widow 
Wendel    Wiand    and 

wf.  Catharina 
Andreas    Weyler    and 

wf.   Anna    Maria 
Johannes    Roeder    and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Henrich    Maurer    and 

wf.    Margaretha 
the   parents 

Johannes   Mack   and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Michael  Roeder  and 

wf.    Catharina 
Jacob    Hahn    and    wf. 

Regina 
Michael  Kolb  and  wf. 

Magdalena 
Hans    Adam    Hillegas 

and  wf.  Anna 
Adam    Hillegas    and 

wife 
Jacob    Gery    and   wife 


Daniel   Cooper 
are  in  the  handwriting  of  Rev.  John  H.  Helflfrich.] 


330 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


[4.    ENTRIES  OF  REV.  FREDERIC  DELLIKER,  1782-1784.] 

List  of  the  children  Avho  received  Holy  Baptism  through  me,  Frederick 
Delliker,  in  this  congregation  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  Anno  1782. 


Children 
Abraham,  b.   Nov.  20, 

'81,  bap.  Mar.  3 
Samuel,    b.    Sept.    27, 

'81,  bap.  Mar.  3 
Isaac,   b.   Feb.   9,   bap. 

Mar.  3 
Susanna,    b.    Nov.    27, 

'81,  bap.  Mar.  3 
Michel,    b.     Nov.     30, 

'Si,  bap.  Mar.   11 
George,  b.  Oct.  13, '81, 

bap.  Mar.  24 
Peter,   b.   Dec.    3,    '81, 

bap.  Mar.  24 
Peter,  b.   Oct.    16,  '81, 

bap.  Mar.  27 
Elisabeth,    b.    Oct.    24, 

'81,  bap.  Mar.  29 
Eva,   b.    Nov.    25,   '81, 

bap.  Apr.  14 
Hannes,  b.   Sep.  25, '81, 

bap.  May  5 
Andreas,  b.Mar.  3, 

bap.  May  5 
Andreas,    b.    Mar.    17, 

bap.  May  9 

Elisabeth,   b.   Aug.   30, 

'81,  bap.   May   11 
Barbara,    b.    Nov.    4, 

'81,  bap.  May  12 
Wendel,  b.   May  6, 

bap.  July  16 
Elisabeth,  b.   Mar.   6, 

bap.  July   16 


Parents 
Benedict  Horning  and 

w'i.   Elisabeth 
Jost    Wyand    and    vvf. 

Barbara 
Peter    Heinrich    and 

wf.  Catharina 
Ludwig    Greber    and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
Georg  Hillegas  and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
Hans  Georg  Kolb  and 

wf.   Magdalena 
Peter   Lauer,    Jr.,    and 

wf.  Margreth 
Peter    Schell    and    wf. 

Barbara 
Heinrich  Pfannenbe- 

ker  and  wf.  Susanna 
Jacob   Boshard   and 

wf.  Eva 
Andreas   Greber,   Jr., 

and  wf.  Anna 
Abraham   Maurer   and 

wf.  Elisabeth 
Ernst   Fritzinger    and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
Christian  Wannen- 

macher    and    wf. 

Elisabeth 
Heinrich  Sell  and  wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Georg  Fischer  and  wf. 

Barbara 
Hannes  Zaerby   and 


Witnesses 
Abraham  Gerhard    and 

wf.  Margreth 
Conrad    Nuss    and 

Margreth 
Andreas    Greber    and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Dietrich  Reier  and  wf. 

Elisabeth 
Michel    Hillegas    and 

wf.    Catharina 
Georg  Gugger   and 

Christina   Huber 
Peter   Lauer,    Sr.,    and 

wf.   Susanna 
Peter  May  and  Juliana 

Michel  Huber  and  wf. 

Elisabeth 
Heinrich  Schmid  and 

and   wf.   Elisabeth 
Andreas    Greber,    Sr., 

andwf.Anna   Maria 
Phil.  Jacob  Schmid 

and  wf.   Margreth 
Andreas  Ohl,  Sr.,  and 

wf.  Eva 

Heinrich  Sechler  and 

Elisabeth    Baeret 
the   parents 

Wendel  Wyand,  Jr., 
and  wf.  Catharina 

Abraham  Gerhard    and 
wf.   Margreth 


wf.  Anna 

On  May  26th  was  baptized  by  me,  after  preceding  instruction,  Barbara 
Benkes,  wife  of  Peter  Benkes,  also  confirmed  and  admitted  to  the  Holy 
Communion,  her  age  24  years. 


New  Goshenhoppen — P'ol.  II.     Baptisms         331 


Children 

Jacob,  b.  May  31,  bap, 

July  7 
Heinrich,    b,    July    lo, 

bap.  July  28 
Joh.  Friedrich,  b.  Aug. 

21,  bap.  Sept.  8 
Anna   Maria,   b.   Aug. 

23,  bap.  Sept.  8 
Anna   Maria,   b.   Aug. 

6,  bap.  Sept. 
Wilhelm,    b.    May   28, 

bap.  July  28 
Maria,  b.  Oct.  12,  '81, 

bap.  Dec.  2 
Daniel,    b.    Oct.   26, 

bap.  Dec.  6 
Wilhelm,   b.   Oct.   28, 

bap.  Dec.  6 
Johannes,  b.   Oct.   30, 

bap.  Dec.  7 
Catharina,  b.  Mar.  13, 

'81,  bap.  

Friderich,    b.    Oct.    30, 

bap.  Dec.  14 


Catharina,  b.  Dec.   15, 

'82,  bap.  Jan.   5 
Joh.  Adam,  b.  Jan.  2, 

bap.  Jan.  9 
Joh.  Friderich,  b.  Dec. 

5,  '82,  bap.  Febr.  2 
Peter,   b.   Dec.   9,   bap. 

Febr.  2 
Jacob,  b.  Dec.  14,  bap. 

Febr.  2 
Elisabeth,   b.   Dec.   25, 

bap.  Febr.  2 
Maria    Catharina,    b. 

Jan.  27,  bap.  Febr.  7 
Magdalena,  b.  Dec.  2, 

'82,  bap.  Febr.  23 


Parents 
Jacob   Gery,   Jr.,   and 

Elisabeth 
Adam  Boshard  and 

wf.  Margreth 
Justus  Ekarth  and  wf. 

Elisabeth 
Joh.  Reder  and   wf. 

Maria 
Dietrich  Reler  and  wf. 

Maria   Elisabeth 
Michel   Geier  and  wf. 

Catharina 
Georg  Steinemann  and 

and  wf.  Catharina 
Johannes   Staut   and 

wf.  Juliana 
Johannes  Mack   and 

wf.  Maria 
Johannes  Schell  and 

wf.  Elisabeth 
Friderich   Hillegas  and 

wf.    Anna 
Friderich  Hillegas    and 

wf.  Anna 

1783 
Philip   Weiss   and   wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Andreas  Ried  and  wf. 

Maria 
Peter  Hillegas  and  wf. 

Elis.   Barbara 
Peter   Finck    and   wf. 

Catharina 
Martin  Eisenhauer  and 

wf.  Maria 
Conrad   Nuss   and  wf. 

Anna  Margreth 
Conrad   Hillegas   and 

wf.  Maria 
Johannes  Segler  and 

wf.  Christina 


Witnesses 
Jacob    Gery,    Sr.,    and 

wf.   Gertraud 
Heinrich    Schmid    and 

wf.  Elisabeth 
J.  Fridric  Delliker  and 

wf.   Barbara 
Maria  Catharina  Neu- 

kirch 
Andreas    Greber    and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Wilhelm   Geier  and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
the   parents 

Peter  May   and   wf. 

Juliana 
Philip   Laar   and   wf. 

Elisabeth 
Johannes   Maurer    and 

Catharina  Maurer 
Anna   M.   Hillegas 

Heinrich  Huber,  Sr., 
and   Catharina    Hil- 
legas 

Wendel    Wyand,    Sr., 

and   wf.   Catharina 
Jacob  Boshard  and  wf. 

Eva 
Wendel    Wyand,    Jr., 

and   wf.   Catharina 
Conrad  Finck  and  wf. 

Catharina 
Joh.   Cunius   and   wf. 

Catharina 
Jost   Wyand    and    wf. 

Barbara 
the  parents 

Georg    Kolb    and    wf. 
Magdalena 


33^ 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Catharina,    b.    Dec.    i, 

'82,  bap.  Febr.  23 
Georg   Peter,   b.    Mar. 

2,  bap.  Apr.  5 
Anna   Maria,   b.   June 

31,  '82,  bap.  Apr.  21 
Elisabeth,   b.   Nov.    16, 

'82,  bap.  Apr.  21 
Catharina,  b.   Jan.   28, 

bap.  Apr.  21 


Parents 
Peter   Schell   and   wf. 

Barbara 
Johannes   Maurer    and 

\vf.  Catharina 
Joseph    Kolb    and    vvf. 

Anna  Maria 
Michel  Huber  and  wf. 

Elisabeth 
Christopher    Moll    and 


Witnesses 
Jacob    Schell    and    wf. 

Catharina 
Peter   Hillegas,  Sr.,and 

vvf.   Elisa.   Barbara 
Casper  Baret  and   wf. 

Magdalena 
Catharina   Hillegas, 

the  widow 
Elisabeth  Witman,   Sr. 


wf.   Elisabeth 

On  May  24th  were  baptized,  after  preceding  instruction,  the  following: 
Johannes  Ris,  single,  aged  23  3'ears, 

Elisabeth  Greber,  wife  of  Ludwig  Greber,  aged  27  years, 
Susanna  Reder,  wife  of  Adam  Reder,  aged  25  years, 
Susanna  Wigner,  single,  aged  20  years. 

The  same  were  also  confirmed  this  day  for  the  Holy  Communion. 
Henrich,  b.  Febr.  21,         Peter  Rudolph  and  wf.       Andreas   Hofman    and 


bap.  June  8 
Johannes,   b.   May    18, 

bap.  June  8 
Johannes,  b.   Febr.   i, 

bap.  June  8 
Peter,  b.  Mar.   i,  bap. 

June  29 
Catharina,  b.   Dec.   11, 

'81,  bap.  

Johannes,  b.  July  i, 

bap.  July  20 
Anna  Maria,  b.  July 

10,  bap.  July  20 
Andreas,  b.  ,  bap. 

July  29 
Elisabeth,   b.   June   29, 

bap.  Aug.  31 
Anna    Margreth,    b. 

Mar.  25,  '81,  bap. 

Sept.  15 
Georg,  b.  Jan.  13,  bap. 

Sept.  15 
Maria    Magdalena,    b. 

May    26,    bap.    Sept. 

21 


Jacob  Schell   and  wf. 

Catharina 
Peter  Schmid   and   wf. 

Christina 
Friderich  Pfannebeck- 

er  and  wf.  Elisabeth 
Friderich  Pfannebeck- 

er  and  wf.  Elisabeth 
Philip  Christmann  and 

wf.  Margreth 
David   Sussholz   and 

wf.  Maria  Elisabeth 
Heinrich    Maurer    and 

wf.   Philipina 
Ludwig  Greber  and 

wf.    Elisabeth 
Andreas   Weiss    and 

wf.  Margreth 

Andreas    Weiss   and 

wf.  Margreth 
Heinrich    Strohman 

and  wf.  Elisabeth 


wf.  Eva 

Joh.  Weyer  and  Mar- 
greth Schell 

Abr.  Gerhard  and  wf. 
Margreth 

Peter  Gugger  and  wf. 
Susanna 

Catharina   Croppen 

Franz  Wesco  and   wf. 

Eva 
Wilhelm   Gever  and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Andreas  Maurer   and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Christopher    Moll    and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
Abraham  Gerhard  and 

wf.   Margreth 

the  parents 

Andreas  Rid  and  wf. 
Maria  Magdalena 


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333 


Children 
Peter,  b.  Aug.  i8,  bap. 

Sept.  21 
Maria  Elisab.,  b.   Oct. 

I,  bap.  Nov.  2 
Philip,  b.  Oct.  lo,  bap. 

Nov.  9 
Magdalena,  b.  Dec.  7, 
'82,  bap.  Nov.  9 

Margreth,  b.  Sept.   19, 

bap.  Nov.  16 
Catharina,   b.   Sept.    7, 

bap.  Nov.  23 
Anna   Maria,   b.   Nov. 

23,  bap.  Dec.  26 

Job.  Georg,  b.  Dec.   i, 

'83,  bap.  Jan.  11 
Maria   Catharina,  b. 
Dec.  24,  '83,   bap. 
Jan.  II 
Catharina,  b.   Jan.  25, 

bap.  Febr.  3 
Jacob,  b.  Jan.  ii,  bap. 

Febr.  8 
Peter,  b.  Nov.  23,  '83, 

bap.  Febr.  15 
Peter,  b.  Febr.   6,  bap. 

Febr.   15 
Magdalena,   b.   Nov. 

22,  bap.  Febr.  15 
Elisabeth,   b.   Dec.    7, 

'83,  bap.  Mar.  7 
Anna    Maria,    b.    Dec. 

8,  '83,  bap.  Mar.  7 
Elisabeth,  b.  Jan.   17, 

bap.  Mar.  21 
Heinrich,   b.   Aug.   20, 
bap. 


Parents 
Adam  Raeder  and  vvf. 

Susanna 
Friderich  Reifener    and 

wf.  Margreth 
Casper  Baret  and  wf. 

Helena 
Christian   Wanne- 
macher    and    wf. 
Elisabeth 
Jacob  Berteau  and  wf. 

Veronica 
Jacob  Nuss  and  vvf. 

Maria 
Michel  Geyer  and  wf. 
Catharina 

1784. 
Georg   Lang   and    wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Jacob   Lang   and    wf. 

Sara 

Andreas  Rid   and   wf. 

Maria  Magdalena 
Heinrich    Hirsch    and 

wf.  Catharina 
Jacob    Gery    and    wf. 

Elisabeth 
Samuel   Kolb   and   wf. 

Anna 
Georg  Fischer  and  wf. 

Barbara 
Hannes*  Crisemer    and 

wf.  Catharina 
Michel  Doerr  and  wf. 

Margreth 
George   Kolb   and   vvf. 

wf.  Magdalena 
Georg  Hillegas  and 

wf.  Elisabeth 


Witnesses 
Peter  Trump  and  Eva 

Reder 
Georg  Zumpero  and 

Maria  Elis.  Resch 
Joseph    Kolb    and    wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Casper  Baret  and   wf. 

Helena 

Christoph    Schlicher 
and   wf.   Margreth 

Heinrich  Jund  and 
Catharina  Reder 

Wilhelm  Geyer  and 
wf.  Anna   Maria 

Joh.  Georg  Roth  and 

wf.  Catharina 
Maria    Catharina 

Lang,  widow 

David   Levi    and   vvf. 

Margreth 
Andreas   Boshard    and 

Maria  Hirsch 
Peter    Lauer    and    wf. 

Susanna 
Peter  Maurer 

VV^endel    Wyand,    Sr., 

and  wf.  Magdalena 
Georg  Hillegas  and 

wf.  Elisabeth 
Heinrich  Schlicher  and 

wf.   Christina 
Friderich    Schenling 

and   vvf.  Elisabeth 
Andreas    Young    and 

wife 


334 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


[5.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  REV.  FREDERICK  WM.  VON  DER  SLOOT, 

1784.] 

List  of  the  children  who  received  Holy  Baptism  from  me,  Fridrich  Wil- 
helm  Von  der  Sloot,  in  this  congregation  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  1784. 


Children 
Joh.  Adam,  b.  Mar.  14, 

bap.  Apr.  25 
Anna   Maria,   b.   Mar. 

25,  bap.  Apr.  25 
Joh.  Georg,  b.  Febr. 

17,  bap.  Apr.  25 
Joh.  Georg,  b.  Mar.  2, 

bap.  May  4 
,   b.   Mar.   9,   bap. 

May  1 6 
George,    b.   ,   bap. 

May  31 
Anna    Margareta,    b. 

May  10,  bap.  June  6 
Elisabet,   b.    Nov.   — , 

'83,  bap.  June  6 
Anna   Maria,   b.    Nov. 

3,  '83,  bap.  June  27 
Anna   Maria,    b.    May 

1,  bap.  July  3 
Andreas,   b.   Sept.   2, 

bap.  Sept.  19 
Elisabet,  b.  July   14, 

bap.  Oct.  10 
Anna    Maria,    b.    July 

27,  bap.  Oct.  10 
Fridrich,   b.   July    9, 

bap.  Oct.  22 
Maria    Catarina,    b. 

July  6,  bap.  Oct.  27 
,    b.    ,    bap. 

Oct.   31 
Johannes,    b.    Sept.    4, 

bap.  Nov.  15 
Mar.  Lena,   b.   Sept. 

19,  bap.  Nov.  21 


Parents 
Abraham   Maurer 

Jacob   Boshard 

Joh.  Weigard 

Isaac  Wides 

Lorenz    Schmidt    and 

wf.   Susanna 
Michael  Kolb  and  wf. 

Maria    Magdalena 
Henrich  Schlicher    and 

wf.   Christina 
Georg   Grob  and   wf. 

Margareta 
Peter   Benker   and   wf. 

Barbara 
Joh.   Nicol.   Muth    and 

wf.  Anna  Margareta 
Justus  Eckard  and  wf. 

Elisabeth 
Jost  Wigand   and   wf. 

Barbara 
Henrich   Maurer   and 

wf.   Philipina 
Jacob  Ried   and   wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Conrad    Gillam    and 

wf.   Maria   Catarina 
Joh.   Georg  Hiilegas 

Michael    Hofman    and 

wf.    Catarina 
Henrich   Segler   and 

wf.  Elisabeth 


Witnesses 
Adam  Hiilegas,  Anna 

Hiilegas 
Joh.  Reder   and   wife 

Joh.   Stand    and   wife 

Joh.  Rheder   and   wife 

Maria   Reinhcimer 

George  Kolb  and  wife 

Adam   Geri    and   wife 

Philip  Lauer  and  wife 

Joseph   Kolb    and    wf. 

Anna  Maria 

Andreas    Graeber    and 

wf.  Anna  Maria 
Ulrich   Graeber   and 

wife 
Wendel    Wigand    and 

wf.    Catharina 
Joh.    Dotter    and    wf. 

Anna   Maria 
V.  d.  Sloot  and  wf. 

Anna   Margareta 
Susanna    Hozhauscr 

Andreas  Jung  and 

wife 
Andreas    Ilofman    anc 

wife 
Michael    Segler   and 

Mar.   Lena   Kuker 


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Witnesses 
Jacob  Geri  and  wf. 

Elisabet 
George  Derr  and  wife 

Rosina   

Michel  Reder  and  %vf. 

Catharina 
Andreas    Greber    and 
wf.  Anna 
baptisms  were  entered  by  Mr.  Delliker.] 
Job.   Nicolaus    Muth  Ludwig    Graeber    and 

and  wf,  Anna  Mar-  wf.  Elisabetha 

garetha 
[This  baptism  was  entered  by  the  Rev.  John  H.  Helffrich.] 


Children 
Elisabet,   b.    Sept.    i, 

bap.   Nov.   21 
Joseph,  b.  Mar.  7,  bap. 

Nov.  21 
Sella,  b.  Aug.  — ,  bap. 

Nov.  21 
Michel,   b.  Aug.    13, 

bap.  Sept.  25,   1785 
Jacob,  b.  June  25,  bap. 

Sept.  25 

[The  last  two 
Elisabetha,  b.  Aug.  16, 

bap.   Oct.  9   (1785) 


Parents 
Peter    Lauer    and    wf. 

Margareta 
Joseph   Kolb    and    wf. 

Anna   Maria 
David  Mi   (May)   and 

wf.   Elisabet 
Adam   Reder   and   wf. 

Susanna 
Ludwig  Greber  and 

wf.   Elisabeth 


[6.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  REV.  JOHN  THEOBALD  FABER,  SR., 
1786-1788.] 

Children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  Job.  Theobald  Faber,  in  the  year  1786. 

Job.  Georg,  b.  Mar.  6,  Carl  Walter  and  wife       Peter    Timich    and 

bap.  June  4  wife 

Henrich,    b.    Febr.    27,  Henrich   Maurer   and         Moses  Kel  and  wife 

bap.  June  4  wife 

Henrich,   b.    Dec.   2,  Job.   Georg  Kolb   and       Henrich  Segler  and 

'85,  bap.  June  4  wife                                        wife 

Isaac,  b.  Febr.  22,  '84,  Cath.  Schliecher                   Jost    Schlieger    and 

bap.  June  16  wife 

Georg  Adam,  b.  June  Georg  Adam   Helligas       George  Maurer  and 

I,  bap.  June  25  and  wife                                Cath.   Schultz 

Barbara,  b.  Apr.   14,  Lorenz    Schmidt   and          Joseph  Kolb  and  wife 

bap.  June  25  wife 

Henrich,   b.   June   4,  Alexander   Oehl   and 

bap.   June  25  wife 

Johannes,    b.    July    23,  Val.  Brobst  and  wife 

bap.  July  27 
,  b.  ,  bap.  Peter  Helligas  and 

Aug.  6  wife 

,  b.   May  24,  bap.  George   Huber  and 

Aug.   6  wife 
Wilhelm,  b.  Nov.  3, 

bap.  Aug.  6 


Henr.    Mueller    and 

wife 
Abraham  Levi 


Wendel  Wiand  and 
wife 


Job.  Liestcr  and  wife         Ludwig    Graeber    and 
wife 


336 


Church  Records  of  Goshetihoppen 


Children 
Catharina,  b.  July   15, 

bap.  Aug.  27 
Margreta,  b.  June   30, 

bap.   Aug.  27 
Michael,   b.   May   20, 

bap.   Aug.  27 
Elisabetha,  b.  Apr.   14, 

bap.   Sep.  9 
Johannes,   b.    Sept.   27, 

bap.  Sept.  29 
Barbara,    b.    Oct.    7, 

bap.  Oct.  22 
Catharina,  b.  Sept.  18, 

bap.  Nov.  1 6 
Joh.  Georg,  b.  Sept.  19, 

bap.  Nov.  19 
Michael,   b.   Dec.    16, 

bap.   Nov.   19 
Martin,  b.   Sept.   25, 

bap.  Nov.  19 
Barbara,  b.   Oct.   11, 

bap.  Dec.  2 
Maria   Elisabet,   b. 

Nov.  13,  bap.  Dec.  3 
Wilhelm,  b.  Febr.  9, 

'79,  bap.  

Conrad,  b.   Nov.   30, 

'80,  bap.  

Johannes,  b.  Sept.  3, 

'85,  bap.  

Johannes,  b.  Oct.  29, 

bap.  Dec.  27 

Johannes,  b.  Dec.  25, 
'86,  bap.  Jan.  i 

Henrich,  b.  Nov.  29, 
'86,  bap.  Jan.  21 

Joh.    Jacobus,    b.    Oct. 

30,  '86,  bap.  Jan.  21 
JohanneSj  b.  June  2, 

bap.  Jan.  21 


Parents  Witnesses 

Georg   Schencr   and  David  Spinner  and 

wife  wife 

David  Blum  and  wife  Margreta    Ried 

Jost  Wiant  and  wife  Michael   Raeder   and 

wife 

Joh.   Bim    (Boehm)  Joh.  Mueller  and  wife 

and  wife 

Joh.  Doerr  and  wife  Georg  Kolb   and   wife 

Joh.   Daniel  Jung  and  Adam  Hollebusch  and 

wife  %vife 

Wendel  Wiand   and  parents 

wife 

Andreas  Benkes   and  Joh.  George  Grisemer, 

wife  Elisabeth  Kolb 

Jacob  Huber  and  wife  Michael   Huber   and 

wife 

Martin  Eisenhauer  and  Martin    Kleber    and 

wife  wife 

Joseph  Kolb  and  wife  Peter  Benkes  and  wife 

Daniel  Jost  and  wife  Conrad   Helligas  and 
wife 


Knippell 
Knippell 
Knippell 
Knippell 
1787. 


parents 

parents 

Joh.  Raeder  and    wife 

Jost  Schlieger  and  wife 


Joh.  Schmidt  and  wife       Joh.  Schwenck  and 

wife 
Joh.   Diter  and  wife  Henrich    Graeber, 

Anna    Maria    Hilie- 

gas 
Joh.  Mueller  and  wife       Joh.   Fischer  and   wife 

Isaac  Wittes  and  wife       Stoffel    Schlieger    and 
Elisabeta   Strom 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  11.  Baptisms        337 

Children  Parents                                       Witnesses 

Anna    Maria,   b.    Dec.  Daniel    Schwenck    and  Michael   Rautebusch 

15,  '86,  bap.  Febr.  25  ^vife                                        and  wife 

Job.  Peter,  b.  Oct.  29,  Job.  Heckman  and  Conrad  Nuss  and  wife 

'86,  bap.  Mar.  4  wife 

Abraham,  b.  Febr.  23,  Joh.  Schell  and  wife  Abraham    Schell,    Eva 

bap.  Mar,  25  Horlacher 

Joh.  Georg,  b.  Febr.  Joh.    Adam    Geri    and  Henrich  Schlieger  and 

II,  bap.  Mar.  25  wife                                      wife 

Catharina,  b.  Febr.  23,  Christian  Mueller  and  Joh.  Cunius  and  wife 

bap.  Mar.  25  wife 

Jacobus,   b.    Nov.    5,  Peter  Finck  and  wife  Jacob  Zoern  and  Ro- 

'86,  bap.  Mar.  25  sina  Jung 

Georg  Petrus,   b.   Jan.  Georg  Heist  and  wife  Georg  Roth  and  wife 

6,  bap.  Apr.  i 

Catharina,  b.   Jan,   15,  Joh.  Geri  and  wife  Joh.  Raeder  and  wife 

bap.  Apr.  9 

Sara,  b.  Dec.  5,  '86,  Fried,  Panebecker  and  Henr.   Panebecker   and 

bap.  Apr.  9  wife                                        wife 

Henrich,  b.  Nov.  4,  '85,  Fried.  Panebecker  and  parents 

bap.  wife 

Catharina,  b.  Febr.  19,  Peter  Trumb  and  wife  Michael    Raeder,    St., 

bap.  Apr.  15  and  wife 

George  Adam,  b.  Dec.  Conrad  Netz  and  wife  Georg   Adam   Zoern 

10,  '86,  bap.  May  5  and  wife 

Jacobus,  b.  Jan.   14,  Jacob  Ried   and   wife  Jacob    Cronrad    and 

bap.  May  6  wife 

Jacobus,  b.  Mar.  15,  Jacob   Bossert  and  wife  Stoffel  Schlieger  and 

bap.  May  6  Catharina   Raeder 

Adam,   b.   May   10,  Adam  Bossert  and  wife  Andreas    Bossert   and 

bap.   May   27  and  wife 

Elisabetha,  b.  Apr.  29,  Andreas  Bossert  and  Henr.  Schmidt  and 

bap.  May  27  wife                                        wife 

Elisabetha,  b.  Apr.  23,  Joh.  Georg  Helligas  Joh.    Nicol.    Jung    and 

bap.  June  3  and  wife                               wife 

Joh.    Jacobus,   b.    May  Casper  Bambes  and  Jacob  Brobst  and  wife 

14,  bap.  June   17  wife 

Joh.  Jacobus,  b.  May  Adam  Trump   and  Jacob   Frey  and   Cath. 

14,  bap.  June  17  wife                                      Schultz 

Henrich,  b.  June  19,  Joh.  Raeder  and   wife  Henr.  Schlieger  and 

bap.  July  8  wife 

Johannes,  b.  Apr.   12,  Joh.  Fischer  and   wife  Philip   Fischer   and 

bap.  July  29  Magdalena  Kucker 


338               Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 

Children  Parents  Witnesses 

Michael,  b.  June  16,  Conrad  Nuss  and  wife  Michael  Raeder  and 

bap.  July  29  wife 

Georgus,   b.   June   3,  Peter  Helligas  and  Georg    Maurer    and 

bap.  Jul}-  29  wife  Eva   Helligas 

Carolus,  b.  June  22,  Joseph  Bitting  and  Carokis  Sieg  and  wife 

bap.  July  4  wife 

Elisabetha,  b.  Sept.  15,  Henr.  Segler  and  wife  Anna  Maria  Segler 

bap.  July  5 

Anna,   b.  July  6,   bap.  Joh.  Faber  and  wife  parents 

Aug.  8 

Joh.  Jacobus,  b.  July  Joh.   Grisemer   and  Jacob   Geri   and  wife 

18,  bap.  Aug.   19  wife 

Johannes,  b.  June  30,  Jacob   Geri   and  wife  Job.  Cunius  and  wife 

bap.  Aug.   19 

Christophel,  b.   June  Conrad   Knoeple    and  Christophel    Schlieger, 

29,  bap.  Aug.  19  wife  Elis.   Grisemer 

Susanna,  b.  May   16,  George    Mich.    Ko'b  Peter  Helligas  and 

bap.  Aug.  19  and  wife  wife 

Daniel,  b.  June  4,  bap.  Jacob  Schell  and  wife  Fried.    Helligas   and 

Aug.   19  wife 
Anna   Margreta,  b.  Georg    Mueller    and  Widow   Anna    Mar- 
Mar.  16.  bap.  Sept.  9  wife  greta 
Johannes,  b.  June   10,  Ludwig  Greber  and  Jacob   Stahl    and   wife 

bap.  Sept.  9  wife 

Johannes,   b.   Aug.    19,  Nicol.   Muth  and  wife  Joh.   Graeber   and 

bap.   Oct.  21  Anna  Maria  Bitting 

Catharina,  b.  Aug.  12,  Henrich   Maurer   and  Michael  Doderer  and 

bap.  Oct.  21  wife  wife 

Petrus,    b.    Sept.    17,  Jacob  Zimmerman  and  Nicol.  Zimmerman, 

bap.  Nov.  12  wife  Anna  Maria  Sell 

Elisabetha,  b.  Sept.  28,  Matheus   Hinerleiter  Abraham  Gerhard  and 

bap.  Nov.  II  and  wife  wife 

Joh.    Henrich,    b.    Oct.  Jacob  Mayer  and  wife  Joh.  Wiltzen  and  Eva 

5,  bap.  Nov.  It  Stofelsen 

Friedrich,  b.   Sept.    17,  Fried,    Schaefer   and  Joh.  Barret  and   Elis. 

bap.  Nov.  17  Elis.  Berret  Willauer 

Michael,  b.   Oct.   12,  Georg  Doerr  and  wife  Georg    Michael    Kolb 

bap.  Dec.  2  and  Elisabetha  Doerr 

1788. 

Johannes,    b.    Oct.    15,  Christian    Wane-  Joh.  Berret  and  Chris- 

'85,  bap.  Jan.   5  macher  and  wife  tina  Roscho 


Nem  Goshenhoppen~Vol.  II.     Baptisms  339 

^''''^^'"  Parents                                     Witnesses 

Petrus,    b.   Mar.    xo,  Christian   War^e-                Peter  Roscho  and  wife 

•'^P-  J^n-  5  macher  and  wife 

"-r't'    ^'JT    ''  ^''°^  '^''"  ^"'^  ^^'^^       ^^°««   Kehl   and   wife 
so,   bap.   Febr.   13 

Nov.  a7,    87,  bap.  and  wife                                and   wife 
Febr.  24 

T  u               1  Wife 

baTMa,    ,/"■    '°'  ^"^P'  ^°''  ^"'^   "'=^^       Christian    Stettler    and 

T           u    T-  I  wife 

Tune  8              '■  '"'■  ■'"°''  *""''  ""''  "■"'        '•"""'i?  ''■•"''.r  and 

'Cjnl;  b'-  "■  ^'tl^r-^'-^^""  -«       ^-.;H"".-  and 

Cliildren  Pi.-o^.f^ 

^  Witnesses 

ttll  \J^'''   ''  '"".'    '^'"^'"^"    ^"'       J^^-    ^«"    -d    Eli. 

Phi  in'   ha"             k  .    '"^  '^'^'                                Christman 

Ph.hp,  b.  Apr.  2,  bap.  Henrich  Sell  and  wife       Benjamin  

Aug.  24 

n°aX  0«.  t-^-    '■•  "::?r'    ■'-"■  -'           -17  ^ch„-e.e.  and 

".rC'oV-./'^'-  °B:2r---          Cannes  ;„.a„d 

Cathanna,   b.    Sept.   2,  David   Suessholz   and         -JI'  ' 

86.  bap.  June  13  ^f.   Maria 

Jacob,  b.  May  .,,  bap.  G.nr,  HiH.^as  and          David  Spiner  and  wife 

Wife 

[The  last  three  baptisms  are  entered  by  other  hands.] 


340 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


[7.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  REV.  NICOLAS  POMP,  1789-1790.] 

After  the  Rev.  J.  Theobald  Faber  had  died  unexpectedly  on  November 
2,  1788,  and  the  congregation  had  been  without  a  pastor  for  more  than  a 
year,  I,  N.  Pomp,  was  called  to  serve  in  his  place,  and  commenced  my  min- 
istry here,  in  the  name  of  God,  in  these  congregations,  in  the  beginning 
of  the  month  of  December,  1789,  and  baptized  the  following  children: 

1789. 

Parents 

Adam  Bossert  and  wf. 

Margareth 
Henrich  Schlicher  and 

wf.   Christina 
Johannes    Staut    and 

wf.  Juliana 
Ludwig  Graeber  and 

wf.  Elisabeth 
Joh.  Nicol  Muth   and 

wf.  Anna  Margareth 


Children 
Elisabeth,   b.   Nov.    12, 

bap.  Nov.  26 
Susanna,  b.  Oct.   15, 

bap.  Nov.  29 
Magdalena,  b.  Oct.  31, 

bap.  Nov.  29 
Henrich,  b.  Sept.  24, 

bap.  Nov.  29 
Magdalena,  b.  Sept.  5, 

bap.  Nov.  29 


Witnesses 
Andreas    Bossert    and 

wife 
Georg  Wiegener  and 

wife 
Johannes    Fischer    and 

wife 


Dieder   Raver  and  wife 


Georg  Adam,  b.   Dec. 

10,  '89,  bap.  Jan.  2 
Hanna,  b.  Dec.  20,  '89, 

bap.  Jan.  14 
Petrus,  b.  Dec.  8,  bap. 

Jan.   17 
Georg,  b.  Dec.  29,  '89, 

bap.  Jan.  17 
John,    b.   ,    bap. 

Jan.  17 
Joh.  Georg,  b.  Sept.  23, 

bap.  Jan.  22 

Elisabeth,    b.    Dec.    12, 

'89,  bap.  Febr.  25 
Johannes,  b.  Jan.    10, 

bap.  Febr.  28 
William,   b.   Jan.   9, 

bap.  Mar.  14 
Peter,  b.  Dec.  24,  bap. 

Mar.  21 
Andreas,    b.    Mar.    11, 

bap.  Mar.  22 


1790. 
Joh.  Adam  Klein   and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
Joseph    Kolb    and    wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Jacob  Stahl  and  wf. 

Hanna 
Johannes    Stahl    and 

wf.   Elisabeth 
Abr.  Witman  and  wf. 

Elisabeth 
Johannes  Griesinger 

and   wf.  Anna   Bar- 
bara 
Jacob  Zimmerman    and 

wf.  Catharina 
Jacob  Brauer  and  wf. 

Magdalena 
Friedrich    Pannebecker 

and  wf,   Elisaheili 
Peter   Gucker   and   wf. 

Elisa 
Jacob  Bossert  and   wf. 

Eva 


Christian    Schneider 

and  wife 
Jacob   Fink  and   wife 


Georg   Wiesener   and 

wife 
John  Faber  and  wife 

Georg   Leonh.    Griese- 
mer  and  wife 

Margareth  Zimmerman 

Joh.    Moll    and    Cath- 

rina  Eckl)' 
Wigand    Pannebecker 

Peter  Gucker  and  wife 

Andreas  Bossert 


New-  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Baptisms        341 


Children 
Jacob,    b.   Jan.    5,    '87, 

bap.  Mar.  22 
Catharina,  b.   Oct.  25, 

'89,  bap.  Mar.  22 
Eva,  b.  Mar.   10,  bap. 

Mar.  28 
Catrina,  b.  Nov.  5,  '89, 

bap.  Apr.  2 
Georg,  b.  Jan.  16,  bap. 

Apr.  II 
Elisabeth,  b.   Febr.   12, 
bap.  Apr.  11 
Jacob,  b.  Febr.  5,  bap. 

Apr.  II 
Maria   Margreth,   b. 

Apr. 26,  bap.  May  29 
David,  b.  Nov.  29,  '89, 

bap.  May  23 
Joseph,    b.    Apr.   22, 

bap.  June  13 
Peter,  b.  May  22,  bap. 

June  13 
Daniel,    b.    May   22, 

bap.  June  27 
Henrich,   b.   June    13, 

bap.  July  25 

Anna,  b.  Mar.  26,  bap. 

May  22  ['91] 
Michael,  b.  Nov.  30, 

'90,  bap.  May  22 


Parents 
Jacob    Erb    and    wf. 

Maria 
Jacob   Erb    and    wf. 

Maria 
Georg  Heisst  and   wf. 

Elisa 
Gottfried  Wieseler  and 

wf.  Eva 
Peter  Finck  and  wf. 

Cathrina 
Jacob  Doerr  and  wf. 

Anna  Maria 
Abraham   Hartranft 

and   wf.   Cathrin 
Adam  Jost   and   wf. 

Susanna 
David   May   and   wf. 

Elisabeth 
George   Michael    Kolb 

and  wf.  Elisabeth 
David    Suessholz    and 

wf.  Maria 
Henrich    Raudenbusch 

and  wf.  Catharina 
Michael   Doerr  and  wf. 

Margareth 

1791. 
Jacob   Huber   and   wf. 

Christina 
Johannes  Fischer  and 

wf.  Christina 


Witnesses 


Friedrich   Heisst   and 

wife 
Wendel  Wiegand  and 

wife 


Ludwig  Gracber  and 

wife 
Jacob   Hirsch 

Conrad  Hillegas   and 
wife 


Joseph  Kolb 
Casper   Berry 

Daniel    Schwenck    and 

wf.  Catharina 
Henrich  Raeder  and 

Maria    Schlicher 

George   Huber  and  wf. 

Elisa 
Michael   Huber   and 

wf.   Elisabeth 


[The  last  two  entries  were  made  by  Rev.  John  Wm.  Hendel.] 


[8.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  THE  REV.  JOHN  THEOBALD  FABER,  JR., 

1792-1795.] 

Those  children  are  here  recorded  whom  I,  John  Faber,  baptized  in  the 
congregation  New  Goshenhoppen  Anno  Domini  1792. 

John  Peter,  b.  Dec.   7,  Peter   Hillegas  John   Hillegas,   Bar- 

1791  bara  Maurer 

Maria   Catharina,  b.  Philip  Mukenhaiipt  Adam  Zoern  and  wife 

May  31,  '92 


3+2 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Henrich,  b.   Mar.  29, 

'92 
John  Jacob,  b.  Mar.  13 
Elisabeth,  b.   Febr.   13, 

'91 
Eva,  b.  Mar.  1,  '92 
George,  b.  Mar.  i,  '92 

Adam,  b.  June  28,  '92 
Jacob,  b.  May  4 

Michael,  b.  June  25 
,  b.  Aug.  8 

Georg   Michael,   b. 

Nov.  26,  '91 
Magdalena,  b.  Jan.  19, 

'75,  bap.  ,  '92 

Tobias,  b.  Febr.  4,  '91 
Jacobus,    b.   June    10, 

'91 
Margretha,  b.   Sept.  6, 

'92 
Caty,  b.  Nov.   11 
Anna    Maria   Caty,   b. 

July   9,   '9t 
John,  b.  Dec.  26,  '92 
John,  b.  June   19,  '92 

Courtis,  b.  Febr.  6,  '92 

Gorsuaway    (!),    b. 

Febr.   6,  '92 
Jonathan,   b.   Nov.    13, 

'92 
Friedrich,   b.   Aug.    14, 

'92 
Anna,  b.  July  31 
John,   b.    Sept.   9,   '92 


Parents 
John  Stand 

William  Schmith 
Jacob  Erb 

George   Miller 
George  Miller 

Diederich  Miller 
Peter  Hillegas 

Michael   Doerr 
Andreas  Bossert 

John  Schell 

John    Raeder's    step- 
daughter 
Fried.    Panebecker 
Heinr.  Segler 

Will.   Schaefer 

John  Doerr 
Casper   Reeser 

George  Welker 
John  Berret 

Edward  Larkin 

Edv?ard  Larkin 

John  Griesemer 

Fried.  Zoern 

Jacob   Goeri 
Jacob   Goeri 


Witnesses 
Henrich  

John   Braun   and    wife 
Elis.  Rheinerts 

parents 

George   Engel   and 

wife 
Adam  Miller  and  wife 
Jacob    Hillegas,    Anna 

Maria    Hillegas 
Conrad  Nuss  and  wife 
George  Mumbauer, 

Catharina  Leydich 
Peter  Hillegas,  Sr.,  and 

wife 


John  Shell  and  wife 
Jacob  Segler  and  Elisa 

Segler 
Conrad   Hillegas   and 

wife 
Casper  Rieser  and  wife 
Peter   Schuler  and  wife 

parents 

John    Staud    and    Elis. 

Berret 
Samuel   Cooper  and 

wife 
Jiesbinon   ( !)   Lange 

and  wife 
Peter    Horlacher    and 

•wife 
Adam  Zoern  and  wife 

John  Goeri  and   wife 
Michael    Goeri    and 
Magdalena    Wigner 


Neiv  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Baptisms         343 


Children 


Parents 


1793. 


George,  b.  Oct.  19,  '92,       John  Walter 

bap.  Jan.   3,  '93 
Daniel,   b.    Mar.  i,  '92,       Daniel  Jost 

bap.  Mar.  24 
John,  adult,  b.  Oct.  8,       George   Walter 

— ,  bap.  Mar.  27,  '93 
Susanna,  adult,  b.  Jan.       Michael  Shell 

20,  — ,  bap.  Mar.  27 
Michael,    b.    June    26,       John  Raudenbush 

'92,   bap.   May   26 

Jacob,  b.  May  8,   1790       George   Kolb 
Susanna,  b.  Nov.  8,  '93       Nic.  Sechler 
Catharina,  b.  Nov.  29,       Adam  Bossert 

'93 
Anna    Maria,   b.    Nov.       George  Roth 

17.   '93 
John,  b.  Nov.  i8,  '93  Heinr.   Heist 

1794- 
John,  b.  Nov.   11,  '93         Daniel  Sperr 

,  b.  Oct.  24  Heinrich    Graeber 

John,  b.  Nov.  30,  '91  Geiger 

Margretha,  b.  Dec.   3,       Charles  Henzey 

'93,  bap.  Dec.  25 
Susanna,  b.  Nov.  8, '93       Philip  Christman 
Christina,   b.   Dec.   31         Jacob  Hausvvirth 
Wilhelm,    b.    Jan.    15,       Lorentz    Smith 

bap.   Mar.   8 
Elisabeth,   b.  Aug.   26,       John  Fisher 

bap.  Nov.  1 
Elisabeth,    b.    Mar.    i,       John  Hauswirth 

bap.  

1795- 
Margretha,  b.  Nov.  22,       John  Berret 

'94,  bap.  Jan.  21 
Elisabeth,    b.    Oct.    25,       Jacob  Braisch 

'94,  bap.  Jan.  22 
George,  b.  Oct.  21,  '93,       Jacob  Braisch 

bap.  Jan.  22 
Conrad,  b.  Dec.  27, '94,       Adam   Jost 

bap.  Febr.  12 


Witnesses 

George  Kolb  and  wife 
John  Jost   and   wife 

John    Shell    and   wife 

Michael    Raudenbush 

Jacob    Gilbert    and 

wife 
Philip    Christman 
Widow   Bossert 

John   Heist   and   wife 

John  Heist  and  wife 

wife 

Andreas   Graeber 

J.  W.  Geiger  and  wife 

George   Rhod    [Roth],, 

Margretha  Reed 
H.  Nicol.  Sechler 
parents 
Wilhelm   Stelwagen 

and  wife 
Philip  Fisher  and  wife 

Georg  Heilig,  Sr.,  and 
wife 

Michael    Raudenbush 

and  Maria  Sell 
Jost  Wiant  and  wife 

Adam  Braisch  and 

wife 
Conrad  Hillegas  and 

wife 


344  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Witnesses 
Maria  Hillegas 

Ulrich  Graeber  and 

wife 
Catharina  Detweiler 


Elisabetha    Schmitt 

Friedrich  Maurer  and 

Eva  Faber 
Peter    Hillegas,    Sr,, 
and  wife 
Michael   Raudenbush 

and  wife 
Jacob   Frey  and   wife 


Children  Parents 

Maricha    (!)    b.    Dec.       Peter  Hillegas 

2,  '93 
John,  b.  Febr.  24,  '95,       Andreas   Graeber 

bap.  Apr.  5 
Maria  Catharina,  b.  Leonh.  Miller 

Apr.    2,    '95,    bap. 
Apr.   6 
Salome,  b.  May  2,  '94,       Joseph  Kolb 

bap.  Apr.  21 
Friedrich,   b.    Dec.    24,       Jacob  Maurer 

'94,  bap.  Apr.  19 
Petrus,  b.  Mar.  19,  '95,       Abraham  Levy 

bap.  Apr.  19 
Michael,  b.  Nov.  5,  '94,       Henrich  Raudenbush 

bap.  May  10 
Jacobus,  b.  Febr.  i, '93,       John  Frey 

bap.  May  23 
Sarah,  b.  May  3,  bap.       Margreth    Copelberger      Henrich  Copelberger 

ger  and  wife 

Margretha,  b.  Sept.  12,       Ludwig  Ache  John  Pohlig 

'95 
Daniel,    b.    Dec.    13,  Samuel   Rader   and  Johannes  Rader 

1807,  bap.  wife  Elisa 

Sara,  b.  June  17,  1804       David  Schultz  and  wf.       Anna  Barb.  Kohl 

Barbara 
Abraham,   b.   Apr.   24,       David  Schulz  and  wife       Abr.  Levi  and  wf.  Eva 

1806 

Anna    Catharina,    b.           David  Schulz  and  wife  Joh.   Hillegas   and  wf. 

J^'y  ^4'  ^808  Anna   Catharina 

Anna    Maria    Magda-       David  Schulz  and  wife  Samuel   Keppler  and 

lena,  b.  Oct.  28,  1809  wf.  Maria   Magda- 

lena 

Sus.   Elisab.   Barbara,         David  Schulz  and  wife  Salome   Fries   and   wf. 

b.   Sept.  9,   1811  Susanna 

[Baptisms  entered  by  various  hands.] 


Children 


Parents 


New  Goshenhoppen—Vol.  11.     Baptisms        345 

[9.    ENTRIES  BY  THE  REV.  ALBERT  HELFFENSTEIN,  ,go8-i8ii.] 
List  of  those  who  were  baptized  here  since  ray  presence  here,  June,  1808. 

Witnesses 
A.  Helffenstein. 

Adam   Ewald,  Susanna 
Ewald 

Henrich    Schlicher, 
Christina    Schlicher 

Abr.  Levy  and  Eva 


Elisabeth,   b.   Apr.   21,       Georg   Ewald    and 


1808 
Henrich,  b.  Jan.   i6, 

1808 
Johann,    b.    Mar.    6, 

1808 
Esther,  b.  June  4,  i8( 


Anna    Catharina,    b. 
July  14,  1808 


Johann  and  Catharina 
Hilligas 


wife   Magdalena 
Johann    Hillegas   and 

wife    Catharina 
Johann  and  Catharina 

Hillegas 
Samuel    and   Anna 

Wiant 
David   and   Barbara 
Schultz 
Jonas,  b.  July  xo,  z8o8       Georg  Huber  and  wife       Henrich  Ranch   and 

Elisabeth  Rosina 

Hans  Adam,  b.  July  Hans    Adara    Hillegas       Ludwig  Graber  and 

,  '''   '^°\     ,  ^"^  Elisabeth  ^ife  Elisabeth 

Susanna,   b.   June   27,         Georg  Wenner   and  Johan  Moll  and  Cath- 

^^°^  wife   Elisabeth  arina 

Henr.ch,   b.   Aug.   5,  Johan  Leser   and   wife       Abr.  Marsteller  and 

,1        u     .  "'"""  El'^abeth 

Johan,  b.  Aug.  5,  1808       Johan   Leser  and   wife       VVilhelm  Will   and 

"^""«  Elisabeth 

Georg  Wigner  and  Daniel   Heil   and   wife 

wife 

Michael    Hoffman   and       Johann   Rauch   and 

wife 
Jacob   Griesemer   and 

wife 
Christian  Dorwart 

and  wife 
Johan   Schneider   and 

Elisabeth 
Georg  Kehl  and  Mar 

gareth 


Daniel,   b.   Sept.    16, 

1808 
Michael,   b.   May    15, 

1808 
Maria,    b.    June    30, 

1808 
Elisabeth,   b.   Dec.    31 

1808 
Margaretha,   b.   Aug. 

19,   180S 
Samuel,   b.   Jan.    10, 

1808 


wife 
Philip   Herzog  and 

wife 
Johan   Kucker   and 

Marg.  Lang 
Georg  Kehl  and  Mar- 

gareth 
Samuel    Kohler    and 

Magdalena 


r>-.          L    ^                                iviagaaiena 

Georg,  b.  Oct.  14,  1808       Jacob   Fischer  and  wife  Barbara  Fischer 

Polly,  b.  Sept.  24,  ,808       Johan  More  and  Cath-  Wendel  Wiant  and 

^""a  .Catharina 


346  Church 

Children 


Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Witnesses 


Samuel,  b.  Aug.  12, 

1808,  bap,  Jan.   i, 

Jacob,  b.  Apr.  16, 1808, 

bap.  Febr.  6 
Jacob,  b.  June  i,  1809, 

bap.  July  22 
Susanna,  b.  June  24, 

1809,  bap.  Sept.  17 
Elisabeth,    b.    March 

24,  bap.  

Peter,  b.  Aug.  13,  bap. 

Sept.  17 
Samuel,  b.  April  17, 

bap.  

Maria,  b.  Aug.  7,  bap. 

Dec.  10 
Elisabeth,    b.    Oct.    23, 

bap.  Dec.  ro 
Johannes,   b.   Sept.    29, 

bap.  Dec.  10 
Jacob,  b.  Aug.  11,  bap. 

Dec.  15 
Alexander  Cop€land,b. 

Sept.  17,  bap.  Dec.  15 
Maria,  b.  Nov.  9,  bap. 

Polly,  b.  Febr.  14,  bap. 


Elisabeth  and  Rebecca, 

b.  Mar.  6,  bap.  Apr.  2 
Sarah,  b.  Febr.  15,  bap. 

Apr.  15 
David,    b.    Febr.    22, 

bap.   May   10 
Maria,  b.  Febr.  2,  bap. 

May  7 
Christian,    b.    Dec.    25, 

bap.  May  7 


Parents 
1809. 

Samuel  Kolb  and  wife  Johann  Siissholz 

1809 

Henrich   Rauch   and  Jacob   Berent  and 

^^^^^  Cath.  Rauch 

Johan    Siissholz    and  Johan    Geiger,    Cath. 

Siissholz 

Andreas  Jung  Susanna  Jung 

Andreas    Graber   and  Georg  Wohnsidler  and 

Sibella  Barbara 

Jacob    Schell    and  Andreas    Graber   and 

Maria  sibella 

Johann    Pfannenbecker  Johann   Schneider   and 

and  wife  ^vife 

Jacob    Hartranft   and  Johan    Georg   Hilligas 

wife  and  wife 

Daniel  Staut  and  wife  Johan   Staut  and   wife 

Johannes   Dimmig  

Jacob   Fischer  and  wife       

Jacob  Peck  and  wife  

Daniel   Kepler   and  

wife 

Antony  Kehl  and  Bar-  Henrich  Bernt   and 

bara  Nancy 
1810. 

Antony  Kehl  


Philip    Christman    and 
Margareth 


Samuel    Riither    and 

Elisabeth 
Jacob  Griesemer   and 

wife 
Johannes    Hiittel    and         

Maria 
Johannes  Sasseman  and       Christian   Sasseman 

Barbara  and   Sophia 


New  Goshenhoppen—Vol.  II.     Baptisms        347 


Witnesses 

Carl  Huber  and  Su- 
sanna 

Johan    Siissholz    and 
Barbara 

Henrich   Keck   and 
Maria 

Johannes   Bolig   and 
Margareth 

Jacob  Loch  and  Molly 


Children  Parents 

Elisabeth,  b.   Febr.   ii,       Georg    Wenn    and 

bap-   Elisabeth 

Hanna,  b.  Jan.  6,  bap.       Jacob  Siissholz  and 

Magdalena 
Adam,  b.  June  18, bap,       Jacob    Hillegas    and 

July  22  Rosina 

Sophia,   b.    Sept.   28,  Jacob  Bock   and  wife 

bap.  

Sally,  b.  Aug.  10,  bap.      Johann   Sell   and  Bar 

Sept.  30  bara 

Juda,  b.  Febr.  23,  bap.       Michael   Hoffman    and       VVilhelm  Will   and 

Sept-  30  Maria  Nancy  Miller 

Michael,   b.   Apr.   8,  Georg  Querry   and  Johannes  Aerny  and 

Anna  Salome 

Conrad   Heyl   and  Samuel    McNoldy    and 

Maria  wife 

Philip  Brey  and  Nancy       Hans   Adam   Hilligas 

and  Elisabet 
Philip  Reed  and  Mar 
garetha 


bap.  Sept.  30 
Samuel,  b.  Apr.    17, 

bap.  Sept.  30 
Salomon,  b.  Jan.   18, 

bap.   Sept.   30 
Carl,  b.  Apr.  27,  bap 

Sept.  30 


the  parents 


Georg,    b.    Sept.    28, 
bap.  Jan.   i 


Georg   Steinman    and 

Elis. 


Salome,  b.  Jan.  4,  bap.       Johan   Fischer   and 


May  19 
Magdalena,   b.   Febr. 
II,  bap.  May   19 


Anna 


Georg  Steinman,   Sr. 
Georg  Moll  and  Eva 


Samuel    McNoldy    and       Andreas  Grabers  and 
Magdalena  Sibylla 


[10.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  THE  REV.  FREDERICK  WM.  VON  DER 
SLOOT,  Jr.,  1813-1818.] 


1813. 

Sara,   b.    Dec.    16,   '12,  Johann  Roth  and  Cath-       Abrah.   Levi   and   Eva 

bap.  Jan.  24,  '13  arina 

Magdalena,  b.  Aug.  Dan.    Hittel    and   wife       Cath.    Willauer 

24,  bap.  Febr.  II, '13  Magdalena 

Johan    Adam,    b.    Dec.  David    Schulz   and             John    Maurer,   Cath. 

17,  '12,  bap.  Mar.  7,  Barbara                                 Hillegas,  both    single 

13 

Daniel,    b.    Febr.    i,  Daniel   Rieser   and             Jacob  Schell   and  wife 

bap.  Mar.  7,  '13  Maria                                     Maria 


348 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Maria,  b.  Jan.  i6,  bap. 

Mar.  26,  '13 
Elisabeth,   b.  Oct.   15, 

'12,  bap.  Apr,  16,  '13 
Salomon,    b.    Mar.    15, 

bap.  Apr.  9 
Maria,  b.  Apr.  24,  bap. 

June   30,  '13 


Maria,  b.  Dec.  2,  '13, 

bap.    May    i,    '14 
,  b.  Apr.  17,  bap. 

June  12,  1814 
Elisabeth,   b.    May   18, 

bap.  Aug.  21,  '14 
Mathaus,  b.  Jan.  2, '15, 

bap.   Mar.,  '15 
Abraham,   b.   Dec.    8, 

'14,  bap.  May  15,  '15 
Henrich,   b.  June  22, 

'16,  bap.  Sept.  I 
Henriette,   b.   July   21, 

'16,  bap.  Sept.  8 
Daniel,  b.  Nov.  26,  '16, 

bap.   Apr.   6,  '17 
Catharine,    b.    May   6, 

'17,  bap.  July  20,  '17 
Jesse,   b.    May    5,   '17, 

bap.  July  20,   '17 
Samuel,  b.  Oct.  21, '17 

bap.  Dec.   14 
Sara,    b.    Jan.    12,    '18, 

bap.  May  31 
John,  b.   July    14,   '18, 

bap.   Aug.  23 


Parents 
Jacob  Wenner  and 

Maria 
Ludwig  Bernd  and 

Elisabeth 
John  Roder  and  Mag- 

dalena 
John   Hallman   and 

Catharina 

1814. 

Fred.    (?)   Kohl  and 

Barbara 
George  Wiegner  and 

Susanna 
John   Siissholz   and 

wife  Barbara 
Michel   Huber  and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Abraham  Geier  and 

wife    Sophia 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
George  Walter   and 

wife  Regina 
John    Sasseman   and 

wife  Barbara 
Georg  Jacob  and  wife 

Elisabetha 
Jacob   Mecklin    and 

wife  Catharina 
Peter  Heilig  and  wife 
Magdalena 
Heinrich  Scherr  and 

Margareth 
George   Walter   and 

wife  Regina 


Witnesses 
Johann   Schlicher   and 

wife  Maria 
Andreas    Grabers    and 

Sybilla 
John  Roder 

Peter  Schell  and  Maria 


George  Kolb  and  Anna 

Peter  Steinman  and 

wife   Magdalena 
George  Welker  and 

Elis.   Sell 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
John   Sassaman   and 

wife  Barbara 
Henrich   Mumbauer 

and   wife   Catharina 
Magdalena   Hummel 

Daniel    Sasseman    and 

Susanna   Geier 
Catharine  Staud 

Johannes  Hoffman    and 

wife  Elisabetha 
Georg   Welker    and 

wife    Catharina 
John    Siissholz   and 

wife   Barbara 
John    Hartman    and 

wife   Maria 


[11.      ENTRIES  MADE  BY  JOHN  FABER,  Jr.,  1819-1833.] 

the  parents 


Jacob,  b.  Sept.  13,  '19,  Johannes  Hittel  and 
bap.  Dec.   i,  '19  wife   Maria 

Salomon,  b.  Oct.   16,  Jacob  Steier  and  wife 
'19,  bap.  Jan.  2,  '20  Catharina 


Gottfried   Wissler  and 
wife  Eva 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Baptisms        349 


Children 
Johann    Friedrich,    b. 

Nov.    2,    bap.    Apr. 

12,  '19 
Uria,  b.  Jan.  8,  '20, 

bap.  Febr.   13 
Jesse,  b.  Aug.  28,  '19, 

bap.  Mar.  26,  '20 
Rufina,  b.  Oct.  11,  '19, 

bap.  Apr.  9,  '20 
Tobias,  b.  Febr.  5,  '20, 

bap.  Apr.  3,  '20 
Maria,  b.  Jan.  10,  '20, 

bap.  Mar.  27 
William,    b.   Febr.    18, 

'20,  bap.  Apr.  3 
Edward,  b.  May  7,  '20, 

bap.  May  18 
Carolina,  b.  Jan.  7, 

bap.  June  4 
Eleonora,  b.  Jan.    11, 

bap.  June  18 
Johan    Georg,   b.   July 

I,  bap.  Aug.  27 
Abraham,   b.  June  24, 

'20,  bap.  Sept.  10 
Henrich,    b.    Nov.    23, 

'20,  bap.  Mar.  11,  '21 
Karl,  b.   Mar.   18,   '21, 

bap.  May  13 
Susanna,  b.  Oct.  29, 

'20,  bap.  May  13,  '21 
Jacob,  b.  Febr.  24,  '21, 

bap.  May  6,  '21 
,  b.  Mar.  19,  bap. 

Apr.  22 
Georg,  b.  Apr.  11,  bap. 

May  7 
Anna  Magdalena,  b. 

Mar.    9,    '21,    bap. 

Aug.  30,  1821 
Samuel,  b.  Nov.  3,  '21, 

bap.  Dec.  30,  '21 
24 


Parents 
Job.  Stephan  DIehl 
and   wife  Elisabetha 

Andreas   Weiss   and 

wife  Maria 
Philip   Rith    and    wife 

Margareth 
Georg  Kolb   and   wife 

Anna  Catharine 
John   Grenn   and  wife 

Sara 
John   Roder   and   wife 

Magdalena 
John  Graber  and  wife 

Christina 
John    Moll    and   wife 

Eva 
Jacob    Beck    and    wife 

Eleonora 
Johannes  Jacob   and 

wife  Catharina 
Johannes  Sasseman  and 

wife  Susanna 
Georg  Mack  and  wife 

Magdalena 
Valentin  Ache  and 

wife  Christina 
Georg  Walter   and 

wife  Regina 
David  Zimmerman  and 

wife   Magdalena 
Philip   Sell   and   wife 

Elisabetha 
Daniel  Christman   and 

wife   Elisabetha 
Philip   Schmidt   and 

wife   Sara 
Jacob    Sechler    and 

wife  Elisabetha 

Jacob  Hilffiker  and 
wife  Maria 


Witnesses 
the   parents 


Johannes  Ritz,  Catha- 
rina Christman 

Adam   Hillegas  and 
wife   Elisabetha 

Samuel   Kepler   and 
wife    Magdalena 

Jacob    Kammery    and 
wife  Louisa 

Catharina   Marsteller, 
widow 

Andreas   Graber    and 
wife  Sibilla 

Andreas  Graber  and 
wife  Sibilla 

the   parents 

Carl   Hillegas,    Elisa- 
beth  Willauer 

Jonas  Borgen  and  wife 
Catharina 

the  parents 

Heinrich    Ache,    Fro- 

nica  Walter 
Karl  Walter  and  wife 

Margaretha 
Susanna  Zimmerman 

Abraham  Sechler  and 
wife  Margaretha 

Philip  Christman  and 
wife  Margaretha 

Catharina  Reichart 

Mrs.  Magdalena  Det- 
weiler 

Samuel   Roeder   and 
wife   Elisabeth 


350 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
David  and  Elias,  b. 

Nov.    9,    '21,    bap. 

Dec.    30 
Liwayne    [Lavina],    b. 

Nov.    8,    '21,    bap. 

Jan.  27,  '22 
John  Jacob   and  Karl, 

b.  Jan.   19,  *2i,  bap. 

Mar.   13,  '21 
George,  b.  Febr.  5,  '22, 

bap.  June  15,  '22 
Isaac,  b.  Apr.  25,  '22, 

bap.   June    15 
Eliza,  b.  June   13,  '18, 

bap.  

Mary  Ann,  b.  Febr.   i, 

'20 
William,  b.  Apr.  i,  '22 
,  b.  Febr.  26,  '22, 

bap.  Aug.  18 
Elisabeth,    b.    July    18, 

'22,  bap.  Sept.  8 
Maria,    b.    May    26, 

bap.  Sept.  8 

Jonas,  b.  June  4,  bap. 

June  25 
Charles,  b.  Aug.  13, 

bap.  Nov.  2 
William,    b.    Sept.    14, 

bap.  Nov.  2 
Johannes,   b.   Sept.    10, 

'23,  bap.  Nov.  23,  '23 
Anna    Maria,    b.    Jan. 

2,  '24,  bap.   Mar.  7, 

'24 
Jacob,  b.   Oct,  27,   '23, 

bap.  Febr.  28,  '24 
Catharina,   b.   Febr.   7, 

'24,  bap.  Mar.  25 
Maria,  b.  Oct.   19,  '23, 

bap.   


Parents 
Andreas  Weiss  and 
wife  Maria 

John  Graber  and  wife 
Christina 

John    Stcphanus    Diehl 
and  wife   Elisabetha 

Valentin  Ache   and 

wife 
John  Willauer  and 

wife 
John    Dixon   and    wife 

Maria 
ditto 

ditto 

John  Kolb  and  wife 

Susanna 
Wendel   Wiant   and 

wife 
Peter  Gery  and   wife 

1823. 
John  Wiand  and  wife 

Maria 
Henry   Graber  and 

wife  Susanna 
Jacob  McNoldy  and 

wife  Sara 
George  Carl  and  wife 

Catharina 
George  Marsteller   and 

wife  Salome 

Jacob  Kemmerer  and 

wife 
John  Hersch  and  wife 

John  Hofman  and  wife 
Maria 


Witnesses 
John    Weidner,    Lydia 

Smeyer,  Henry  Shell, 

Barbar  Trumb 
Henrich  Wickert  and 

wife  Lydia 

Jacob   Wilhclm    De- 
chant 

George   Walter   and 

wife 
Isaac  Reifschneider 

and  wife 


Christian  Kolb,  Nancy 

Zigler 
Samuel   Roeder   and 

wife  Elisabeth 
John    Gery    and    wife 

Catharina 

Wendel  Wiand   and 

wife  Catharina 
John  Gery  and  wife 

Daniel   Heil   and   wife 

Catharina 
John    Gery   and    wife 

John  Roeder  and  wifi 


the   parents 

parents 

Daniel  Christman   and 
wife   Elisabeth 


New  Goshenhoppen~VoL  11.     Baptis 


ins 


351 


Children 
Daniel,  b.  Dec.  14.  '19, 

bap.  — ,  '24 
Joseph,  b.  May  30,  '24, 

bap.  July  ir,  '24 
Allen,  b.  May  17,  bap. 

July   II 
Amiina,  b.  Sept.  2, 

bap.  Oct.  24 
Maria   Anna,  b.   Sept. 

5.  bap.  Oct.  — 
Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  6,  '24, 

bap.  Jan.   16,  '25 
John  William,  b.  Nov. 
2,  '24,  bap.  Dec.  26, 
'24 

Jacob,   b.   Mar.   7,   '24, 

bap.  

Edward,   b.  Apr.    30, 

'24,  bap.  Aug.  I 
Lydia,  b.  Jan.  31,  '25, 

bap.   May   i,   '25 
Ruben,  b.  Mar.  26,  '25, 

bap.  [May]  23,  '25 
Levi,  b.  Mar.  24,  bap. 

June  12,  '25 
Samuel,  b.  May  3,  '25, 

bap.  July  3,  '25 
Christian,    b.   Apr.   23, 

'25,  bap.  Sept.  II 
William,  b.  Mar.  30, 

'25,  bap.  Nov.  6 
G€orge,  b.  Dec.  12,  '25, 

bap.  Jan.  29,  '26 
Jacob  Samuel,  b.  Mar. 

13,  '26,  bap.   May 

14.  '26 
Catharina,  b.  July  8, 

'26,  bap.  Aug.  7,  '26 
Rhein,   b.   June  9,   '26, 
bap.  Sept.  17,  '26 


Parents 
David    Shultz  and  wife 

Peter  Gery  and   wife 

Elisabeth 
Jacob  Bender  and  wife 

Susanna 
Philip    Sell    and    wife 

Elisabeth 
Johannes  Greber  and 

wife   Christina 
Philip   Rufner   and 

wife  Peggy 
Jacob  Hillegas  and 

Hannah 


Witnesses 


1825, 

Jacob  Steier  and   wife 

Catharina 
Jacob   Steier   and   wife 

Catharina 
Herry  Graeber  and 

Susanna 
Heinrich    Moll    and 

wife 
Abr.  Meyer  and  Cath- 
arina 
George  Carl  and  wife 

Catharina 
Henry  Gaugler  and 

Catharina 
Daniel  Fitzcharles    and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Peter    Gery    and    wife 

Elisabeth 
Jacob   Hillegas   and 
wife  Hanna 

Peter   Deisher   and 

wife  Maria 
Philip  Berret  and  wife 

Elis. 


parents 


John  Gery  and  wife 

Anthony  Freyer  and 

wife   Susanna 
Jacob    Sechler    and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Adam  Wonsetler  and 

wife  Susanna 
Samuel   Kepler   and 

wife 
Samuel   Kepler   and 

wife 


Henrich  Barent  and 

Elis.  Steier 
Peter  Gery  and  Lydia 

John  Gery  and  wife 

Jacob  Hersch  and  wife 

Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

John    Gery   and   Mary 
Ann  Schaffer 

John   Gery,  Sr.,  and 
wife 

John  Jacob  and  Cath- 
arina 

Henry  Halman   and 
wife    Catharina 

Samuel   Kepler   and 
wife  Maria 

John   Gery,  Sr.,  and 

wife  Catharina 
John    Erb   and    wife 

Elis. 


352 


Church  Records  of  Gosheuhoppen 


Children 
Johannes,  b.  Aug.   6, 

'26,  bap.  Oct.  29,  '26 
Rebecca,  b.  Oct.  i,  '26, 

bap.  Dec.  10,  '26 
Rebecca,   b.   Dec.    31, 

'26,   bap.    Mar.   25, 

'27 
Rachel,  b.  Sept.  27,  '27, 

bap.  Nov.  10,  '27 
Carl,   b.   Jan.    22,    '27, 

bap.  Mar.  25 
Nathanael,  b.  Apr.  19, 

'28,  bap.  June  29,  '28 
Anna    Elisabeth,    b. 

June  3,  '29,  bap. 

Aug.  23,  '29 
Carl,  b.   Nov.   7,   '29, 

bap.  Apr.  9,  '30 
Carolina,   b.    Febr.    5, 

'30,  bap.  Apr.  11,  '30 
Isaac,  b.  Aug.  14,  '32, 

bap.  Oct.  21,  '32 
Johannes,  b.  June  2, 

'28 
Maria  Anna,  b.  Jan. 

20,   '31 
Jacobus,  b.  Dec.  21, '32 


Parents 
John   Ritz   and   wife 

Sophia 
George  Carl  and  wife 

Catharina 
John  Graeber  and  wife 


Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Margaret 
Johan    Graeber   and 

wife    Christiana 
Henry  Steier  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
Jonas  Nyce   and  wife 

Rachel 

Amos    Antrim    and 

wife   Lydia 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Peggy 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Maria 
James   Tagert   and 

wife 
James  Tagert   and 

wife 
James  Tagert   and 

wife 


Witnesses 
Joseph  Gery,  Lydia 

Ritz 
John   Heilig   and  wife 

Anna 
John  Blanck  and  wife 


Henry   Hofman   and 

wife  Catharina 
Salmon   Wicker  and 

wife  Elisabeth 
John  Ruekstiche  and 

wife  Christina 
Jacob   Hillegas   and 

wife  Anna 

Henry   Craeber   and 

wife  Susanna 
Peter   Fegly   and   wife 

Elis. 
George    Huber    and 

wife   Elis. 
the   parents 


the  parents 
the   parents 


[12.    ENTRIES  MADE  BY  LATER 

Thomas,  b.  Oct.  27, '35  Johannes  Gerhard    and 

wife  Lea 

Mahlon  Jacob,  b.  May  Johannes  Gerhard    and 

8,  '40  wife  Lea 

Luisa   Susanna,  b.  Aug.  Johannes  Gerhard  and 

2,   '50  wife  Lea 

Elisabeth,  bap.  May  4,  Daniel    Schneider    and 

'34  wife  Sara 

Johannes,  bap.  May  4,  Joh.   Steier   and    wife 

'34  Rebecca 

Robert,    bap.    May   24,  James  Taggert   and 

'34  wife 


HANDS.] 

Georg  Gerhard  and 
wife   Susanna 

Nathan  Levy  and  wife 
Maria 

Louisa    Kemmerer,  ma- 
ternal   grandmother 

Joseph  Gery  and  wife 
Anna 

the   parents 

Jacob  Taggert  and 
wife 


New  Goshenhoppeti~VoI.  11.     Burials 


y:>3 


Children  Parents 

Israel,   bap.  June    15,         Franz    Weth    and 

'34  Maria  Weth 

Esther,  bap.  July  27,         Heinr.    Edelman    and 

34  wife 

Judith,  b.  Oct.  10,  '34,      Jonas  Kolp  and  Ester 

bap.  Nov.  30  Kolp 

Carl,  bap.  Feb.  21,  '36       Daniel    Schneider    and 

wife  Sara 

Jonathan,    b.    Nov.    18,       Johannes  Roeder,  Jr., 

*^  and  wife   Christina 

Lewis,    b.   Apr.   2,    '48       Johannes  Roeder,  Jr., 

and    wife    Christina 

,  b.  Sept.  20,  '50  Johannes  Roeder,  Jr., 

and   wife   Christina 


Witnesses 
David  Staut  and  Cath. 

Jacob 
the  parents 

Georg  Kolp   and   wife 

Daniel  Nuss  and  wife 

Johannes  Roeder,  Sr., 
and  wife  Christina 

Lewis   Schiller   and 
wife  Anna 

the  parents 


[IL    BURIAL  RECORDS.] 

Persons  buried  by  me,  John  Th.  Faber,  who  were  also  recorded  bv  me, 
as  follows: 

1766,  Oct.  21.     Abraham  Seglcr's  little  daughter  was  buried. 
1766,  Dec.  8.     Andreas  Graber's  little  daughter  was  buried. 

1766,  Dec.  26.     Jacob  Meyer  was  buried. 

1767,  Jan.  3.     Bernd  Lent's  little  daughter  was  buried. 
1767,  Febr.  20.     The  old  Mr.  Layendecker  was  buried. 

1767,  June  4.  A  little  son  of  Peter  Hellicas  was  buried,  named  Johannes, 
aged  I  year  less  14  days. 

1767,  June  23.  A  son  of  Georg  Reinheimer  was  buried,  named  Johannes, 
aged  2  years,  2  months,  4  days,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1767,  July  20.  A  daughter  of  Johannes  Staut  was  buried  named  Anna 
Maria,  aged  i  year,  3  months,  less  several  days. 

1767,  Aug.  17.  A  daughter  of  Michael  Raeder  was  burled,  aged  2  vears, 
8  months,  4  weeks. 

1767,  Nov.  24.  Peter  Mack,  brother  of  Prter  Mayer's  wife  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen, was  buried;  born  1707,  aged  55  years. 

1767.  Nov.  14.  The  wife  of  Mathias  Walder  was  buried,  named  Anna 
Maria,  born  1714,  Nov.  4;  aged  53  years,  less  several  days. 

'768,  June  7.  A  daughter  of  Peter  Hellicas  was  buried,  named  Eva,  born 
X768,  March  20;  aged  11  weeks  and  i  day. 

1768.  An  old  woman  was  buried,  born  in  the  year  (I  don't  know),  aged 
about  60  years. 

1769.  March  7.  A  daughter  of  Mr.  Lauer  was  buried,  named  Sara,  born 
1769,  Jan.  23;  aged  6  weeks  and  3  days. 


354  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1769,  March  18.  A  daughter  of  Henrich  Barleman  was  buried,  named 
Anna  Margaretha,  born  1766,  June  4;  aged  4  years,  9  months  and  5 
days. 

1769,  May  28.  David  Mayn  was  buried;  born  in  1738;  aged  38  years,  8 
months  and  15  daj's. 

1770,  Febr.  14.     A  son  of was  buried,  named  John  Erhart,  born  1769, 

May  15;  aged  8  months,  3  weeks,  4  days. 

1770,  Jan.  21.     Anna  Margareta  Faabin  was  buried;  born   1749,  Oct.  9; 

aged  20  years,  4  months,  9  days. 
1770,  Febr.  14.     Michael  Moll  was  buried;  born  1700;  aged  70  years. 
1770,  Apr.   10.     Michael   Huper's  son  was  buried,  named  Johannes,  born 

1769,  Dec.  16;  aged  17  weeks  and  several  days. 
1770,  Apr.  23.     A  son  of  John  Jacob  Danckel  was  buried,  named  Henrich, 

born  1761,  March  21;  aged  9  years,  i  month. 

1770,  Dec.  14.  A  daughter  of  Peter  Panebecker  was  buried,  named  Anna 
Maria,  born  1770,  Dec.  4;  aged  9  days  and  i  night. 

1771,  March  25.  Elisabeth  Panebecker  was  buried;  born  1750,  June  8; 
aged  20  j^ears,  9  months,  3  weeks. 

1771,  Apr.  18.     Anna  Margaretha  Danckel  was  buried;  born   1696,  Febr. 

10;  aged  75  years,  2  months,  5  days. 
1771,  July  27.     Margaretha  Getto  Morin    (a  negress),  daughter  of  Getto 

Mor,  was  buried;  born  1756;  aged  15  years. 

1771,  Aug.  27.  Robert  Bel  was  buried;  born  1735;  aged  36  years,  20 
weeks  and  several  days. 

1772,  Febr.  7.  The  old  Mr.  Conrad  was  buried;  born  1699;  aged  a  little 
above  73  years. 

1772,  Apr.    r.     Conrad  Wannenmacher  was  buried;   born    1701;    aged   70 

years,  3  months  and  20  days. 
1772,  May  30.     Magdalena  Schuler  was  buried;  born  1715.  June  17;  a^ed 

57  years  less  16  days. 
1772,  June  3.     Catharina  Gucker  was  buried;  born   1696;   aged  about  76 

years. 

1771,  Aug.  4.  Georg  Rcinhcimer's  son  was  buried,  named  Job.  Philippus, 
born  1771,  Sept.  8;  aged  i  year  less  5  weeks. 

1772,  Sept.  6.  Michael  Raeder's  daughter  was  buried,  named  Elisabetha, 
born  1772,  Febr.  i8;  aged  half  a  year  less  4  weeks. 

1771,  Nov.  21.  Peter  Geseil  was  buried;  born  1726,  Sept.  7;  aged  46 
years,  2  months,  i  week  and  5  days. 

1773,  Jan.  24.  Sarah  Laur  was  buried;  born  1737,  Oct.  24;  aged  35  years, 
3  months. 

1773,  Jan.  29.  Michael  Raeder's  child  was  buried;  born  1772,  Jan.  16; 
aged  X  year,  2  weeks. 


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1773,  Febr.  12.     Michael  Raeder's  child  was  buried;  born  1770,  Apr.  n; 

aged  3  years  less  8  weeks  and  3  days. 
1773,  Febr.  21.     A  child  of  Michael  Raeder;  born  1762,  March  5;  aged  11 

years  less  2  weeks. 
1773,  Apr.  8.     A  negro  child  of  John  Adam  Hellicas;  born  about   1771; 

aged  about  2  years  and  several  months. 
1773,  Apr.  10.     A  daughter  of  Wilh.  Geiger  was  buried;  born  1756,  Nov. 

29;  aged  16  years,  4  months,  10  days. 
1773,  March   17.     The  wife  of  young  Mr.  Mack  was  buried;  born   1743, 

April  3;  aged  27  years,  11  months,  13  days. 
1773,  May  18.     A  son  of  Andreas  Jung  was  buried;  born  1770,  March  12; 

aged  3  years,  2  months,  5  days. 
1773,   June   3.     Joh.   Valentin    Grisemer  was   buried;   born    1688,   Jan.   4; 

aged  85  years,  5  months  less  4  days. 
1773,  June  22.    A  daughter  of  Rudolph  Dresch  was  buried;   born   1772, 

Aug.  7;  aged  i  year  less  8  weeks. 
1773,  Aug.   13.     Peter  Lauer's  daughter  was  buried;   born   1770,  Jan.  24; 

aged  3  years,  5  months,  13  weeks  and  several  days. 
1773,    Oct.    II.     A   daughter   of   Michael   Schell   was   buried;    born    1758, 

March  10;  aged  14  years,  7  months. 

1773,  Nov.  12.    A  daughter  of  Leonhart  Kriesemer  was  buried;  born  1773, 
Jan.  14;  aged  10  months,  4  days. 

1774,  Jan.  5.    A  son  of  Henr.  Rauch  was  buried;   born   1773,  Dec.  24; 
aged  II  days. 

1774.  Febr.  23.     Anna  Maria  Gillwein  (a  negress)  was  buried;  born  1750; 

aged  23  jxars  and  about  6  months. 
1774,  Febr.  2.     Joh.  Engel  was  buried;  born  1706;  aged  68  years. 
1774,  March  25.     Adam  Bossert  was  buried;  born  1714;  aged  62  years. 
1774.  June  3.     A  son  of  Conrad  Helligas  was  buried;  born  1774,  Jan  13; 

aged  4  months,  2  weeks,  5  days. 
1774,   June   13.     Michael   Lieser   was   buried;    born    1720;    aged   about   54 

years. 
1774,  Sept.   18.     A  daughter  of  Joh.  Georg  Kolb  was  buried;  born   1773, 

May  16;  aged  i  year,  4  months. 

1774,  Dec.  IS.    A  daughter  of  Abr.  Gerhart  was  buried;  born  1771,  Jan. 
2;  aged  3  years,  11  months,  12  days. 

1775,  Jan.   15.     A   daughter  of  Philip  Leidecker  was  buried;   born    1774, 
June  i;  aged  7  months,  13  days. 

1775,  Febr.  14.     A  daughter  of  Conrad  Nuss  was  buried;  born  1773,  Nov. 

4,  aged  I  year,  3  months,  i  week. 
1775,  Jan.   17.     A  daughter  of  the  late  Michael  Lieser  was  buried;   born 

1774-  Dec.  9;  aged  i  year,  5  months,  several  days. 


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1775,  Apr.   19.     The  old  Mrs.  Steinmann  was  buried;   born   1708,  March 

18;  aged  68  years,  6  weeks,  i  day. 
1775,  Apr.  19.     A  daughter  of  Joseph  Kolb  was  buried;  born   1775,  Jan. 

25;  aged  II  weeks,  3  days. 
1775,  Apr.  II.     A  son  of  Justus  Eckhart  was  buried;  born  1773,  Sept.  18; 

aged  I  year,  6  months,  3  weeks. 
1775,  March  6.     A  son  of  Georg  Schutz  was  burled;  born  1768,  March  25; 

aged  7  years  less  3  weeks. 
1775,   March  8.     A  son  of  Henr.   Schneider  was  buried;   born   1775,  Jan. 

24;  aged  6  weeks,  5  days. 
1775,  March  14.     A  son  of  Jacob  Kugler  was  buried;  born  1774,  Sept,  7; 

aged  6  months,  6  days. 
1775,   Apr.   27.     Jacob   Frack   was  buried;   born    1690,  Aug.   16;    aged   84 

j'ears,  8  months. 
1775,  Apr.  27.     A  son  of  Conrad  Gillam  was  buried;  born  1774,  Jan.  19; 

aged  I  year,  3  months,  6  days. 
1775,   May  23.     Anna   Maria   Reninger  was  buried;   born    1745,   May   6; 

aged  30  years. 
1775,  Aug.  15.     Elis.  Barbara  Staut  was  buried;  born  1748,  July  24;  aged 

27  years,  21  days. 
I775>   Aug.   9.     A  son  of  Peter   Heisst   was  buried;   born    1773,   July   22; 

aged  2  years,  18  days. 
•775.   Aug.   17.     A  son   of  Jacob   Lang  was  buried;   born    1774,   Febr.  7; 

aged  3  years,  6  months,  8  days. 
1775,  Aug.  23.     A  daughter  of  Peter  Maurer  was  buried;  born  1762,  June 

28,  aged  13  years,  7  weeks,  6  days. 
•77Si  Sept.  13.     A  daughter  of  Joh.  Cunius  was  buried;  born   1772,   Nov. 

6;  aged  2  years,  10  months,  6  days. 
1775,  Dec.  20.     A  son  of  Henr.  Bachmann  was  buried;  born   1773,  Febr. 

2;  aged  2  years,  11  months,  14  days. 
1775,  Dec.  23.     A  daughter  of  Daniel  Lambrecht  was  buried;  born   1774, 

Aug.  9 ;  aged  i  year,  4  months,  3  weeks,  3  days. 

1775,  Dec.  26.     A  daughter  of  Daniel  Lambrecht  was  buried;   born  1773, 
March  4;  aged  2  years,  9  months,  20  days. 

177s,    Dec.   27.     Ludwig   Bitting   was   buried;    born    1703;    aged    about   73 
years. 

1776,  Jan.  6.     A  daughter  of  Joh.  Schell  was  buried;  born  1773,  July  29; 
aged  2  years,  5  months,  8  days. 

'776,  Jan.  22.     A  daughter  of  Jacob  Holzhausen  was  buried;   born   1774, 

March  25;  aged  i  year,  9  months,  26  days. 
1776,    Febr.    22.     The    wife    of    Phil.    Wischang    was   buried;    born    1702; 

about  74  years  of  age. 


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1776,   Apr.  25.     John   George   Hering  was  buried;   born    1753,   Nov.    13; 

aged  22  years,  6  months. 
1776,  May  I.     A  daughter  of  Henr.  Mueller  was  buried ;  born  1770,  Nov. 

13;  aged  5  years,  5  months,  13  days. 
1776,  May  17.     Catharine  Weber  was  buried;  born   1709,  April  6;   aged 

67  years,  i  month,  9  days. 

1776,  July  5.     Anna  Maria  Gertruta  Reiter  was  buried;  born   1709,  Apr, 

26;  aged  67  years,  2  months,  7  days. 
1776,  Sept.  24.     Rudolph  Segler  was  buried;  born   1747,  May  4;  aged  29 

years,  4  months,  3  weeks,  several  days. 
1776,  Nov.  24.     Margaretha  Raudebusch  was  buried;  born  1702;  aged  74 

years  and  8  weeks. 

1776,  Dec.  26.     A  son  of  Wendel  Wiant  was  buried;  born  1776,  Aug.  4; 
aged  20  weeks  and  some  days. 

1777,  Jan.  7.     A  son  of  Caspar  Bastian  was  buried;  born  1777,  Jan.   18; 
aged  2  weeks  and  4  days. 

1777,  Jan.  7.     A  son  of  Joseph  Leopold  was  buried;  born  1775,  March  26; 

aged  I  year,  10  months,  i  week. 
1777,  Febr.  5.     A  son  of  Jacob  Wetknecht  was  buried;  born  1757,  March 

11;  aged  19  years,  10  months,  12  days. 

1776,  Oct.  20.     A  son  was  born    (!)    to  Fried.  Schell  named  Magdalena, 
witnesses  Georg  Kolb  and  wife. 

1777,  Jan.  5.     The  old  Mrs.  Segler  was  buried;  born  1709,  Dec.  25;  aged 

68  years,  8  days. 

1777,  March   3.     Michael   Huper  was  buried;   born   1715,  July  29;    aged 

61  years,  7  months. 
1777,  March  14.     Johannes  Gillam  was  buried;  born  1761,  Nov.  22;  aged 

15  years,  3  months,  3  weeks. 
1777,   March   19.     Anna   Maria   Berret  was  buried;   born   1699;   about  78 

years  old. 
1777,  Apr.  12.     Anna  Maria  Holshaus  was  buried;  born  1740,  March  19; 

aged  37  years,  12  days. 
1777,  Apr.    14.     Peter   Maurer's   wife   was  buried;   born    1740,    Febr,    15; 

aged  36  years,  2  months,  less  a  few  days. 
1777,  Apr.   18.     Benedict  Moll  was  buried;   born   1742,   about  November; 

aged  about  35  years. 
1777,  May  4.     Joh.  Schell  was  buried;  born  1729,  Jan.  22;  aged  48  years 

and  3  months. 
1777,  May  6.     A  daughter  of  Adam  Hilligas  was  buried;  aged  9  days. 
1777,  May  25.     A  child  of  Peter  Loch  was  buried;  aged  12  days. 
1777,   May  23.     A   son  of   Fried.   Miiller   was  buried;    aged    12   years,   2 

months  and  6  days. 


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1777,  Aug.  12.     Three  children  of  Andreas  Weiller  were  buried,  namely, 

two  daughters  and  one  son;  the  oldest  daughter  was  born   1758,  Ap. 

16;    aged   19  years,  4   months,   less   some   days;    the   second   daughter 

was  born  1759,  Aug.  25;  she  was  18  years  less  a  week  and  some  days; 

the  son  was  born  1766,  June  9;  aged  11  years,  2  months,  2  days. 
1777,  Aug.  7.     A  daughter  of  Peter  Maurer  was  buried;  born  1773,  Febr. 

7;  aged  4  years  and  6  months. 
1777,  Aug.  4.     A  son  of  Herman  Fischer  was  buried;  born  1774,  Jan.  5; 

aged  3  years  and  7  months. 
1777,  Aug.  25.     A  son  of  Andreas  Weiller  was  buried;  born  1763,  Oct.  6; 

aged   14  years,   i   month,   5   days.     Eight  days  later  another  son  was 

buried. 
1777,  Aug.  26.     The  old  Mrs.  Haas  was  buried;  born  1702;  aged  75  years. 
1777,  Aug.  16.     Joh.  Staut  was  buried;  born  1776,  July  27;  aged   i  year, 

3  weeks. 
1777,  Aug.  30.     A  child  of  Jacob  Espenschiedt  was  buried;  born  1775,  Jan. 

18;  aged  2  years,  7  months,  8  days. 
1777,  Sept.  21.     A  child  of  Benedict  Home  was  buried;  born  1771,  Apr.  5; 

aged  6  years,  5  months,  14  days, 
1777,  Sept.  30.     A  child  of  Peter  Timich  was  buried;  born   1776,  Dec.  3; 

aged  10  months  less  4  or  5  days. 
1777,  Oct.  22.     A  son  of  Jacob  Miiller  was  buried;  born  1766,  Jan.  7;  aged 

II  jears,  9  months,  2  weeks. 
1777,  Dec.   I.     The  wife  of  the  Schoolmaster  Schubart  was  buried;   born 

;  aged  68  years,  less  3  months  and  4  days. 

1777,  Nov.  20.  Margaretha  Geiger  was  buried;  born  1762,  Aug.  4;  aged 
15  years,  3  months,  12  days. 

1778,  May  I.  A  child  of  Martin  Eisenhauer  was  buried;  born  Jan.  5; 
aged  4  months  less  4  da3's. 

1778,  May  17.  A  daughter  of  Eberh.  Christoffel  Schart  was  buried;  born 
1762,  Dec.  20;  aged  15  years,  22  weeks  and  3  da}-s. 

1778,  May  21.  A  child  of  Lorens  Schmidt  was  buried;  born  1776,  Sept. 
2;  aged  I  year,  9  months,  17  days. 

1778,  Dec.  10.  Georg  Reinheimer  was  buried;  born  1727,  Febr.  21;  aged 
51  years,  10  months,  several  weeks. 

1779)  J^n-  2.  A  daughter  of  Peter  Gucker  was  buried;  born  1771,  July  5; 
aged  7  years,  6  months,  less  5  days. 

1779,  Jan.  12.  A  daughter  of  Peter  Gucker  was  buried ;  born  1773,  Oct. 
23  ;  aged  5  years,  3  months,  less  9  days. 

1779,  March  13.     The  old  Adam  Hilligas  was  buried;  born  1717,  Jan.  5; 

aged  62  years,  3  months,  8  days. 
1779,  May  2.     A  child  of  Joh.  Sanger  was  buried;   born   1775,  May  31; 

aged  4  years,  2  months. 


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1779.  June  7.     A  son  of  Henry  Schlieger  was  buried;  born  1777,  Oct.  17; 

aged  I  year,  7  months,  3  weeks. 
1779,  June  15.     A  child  of  Conrad  Nus  was  buried;  born  1778,  Aug.  17; 

aged  10  months,  less  3  days. 
1779,  June  18.    A  child  of  Georg  Hilligas  was  buried;  born  1778,  Oct.  5; 

aged  I  year,  9  months,  12  days. 
1779,  Aug.   5.    A  daughter  of  the   late   Michael   Moll   was  buried;   born 

1739,  about  March;  aged  about  40  years. 

Record  of  those  who  died  and  were  buried  during  the  ministry  of  Fried- 
rich  Delliker,  V.D.M.,  in  this  congregation  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1783. 

January  5.     Abraham,  i  year,  i  month,  14  days  old;  parents  are  Benedict 

Horning  and  his  wife  Elisabeth. 
January  11.     Joh.  Adam,   8   days,   8  hours  old;   parents  are  Andreas  Rid 

and  wife  Maria. 
May  23.     Johannes  Steinmann,  his  age  39  years,  4  months. 
June  25.     Maria,  i  year,  8  months,  11  days  old;  parents  Georg  Steineman 

and  Catharine,  his  wife. 
June  30.     Samuel  Kolb,  his  age  29  years,  several  days. 
August  12.     Georg  Raudenbusch,  his  age  84  years. 
Sept.  5.     Joh.  Philip  Rid,  born  1698,  Jan.  26;  his  age  85  years,  7  months, 

8  days. 
Oct.  15.    Johannes  Mack,  his  age  32  years,  9  months,  4  days.     He  died  by 

an  accidental  fall  from  a  wagon  within  17  days. 
Dec.  4.     Elisabeth,  14  years,  7  months,  6  days  old ;  parents  Daniel  Ekbrett 

and  Elisabeth  his  wife. 
December  5.     Abraham  Segler,  his  age  54  years,  2  months.     He  fell  from 

his  horse  near  his  house  and  was  found  dead  in  the  water. 
A°.   1784. 
Feb.   8.     Catharine,   14  days,   6  hours  old;   parents  Andreas  Rid   and   his 

wife  Maria. 
March  ii.     David  Levi,  his  age  not  quite  56  years. 

Buried  during  the  ministry  of  Fried.  Wilh.  V.  d.  Sloot. 

1784. 

Apr.  25.     Peter  May,  his  age  70  years,  2  months,  a  Lutheran. 
June  12.     Maria  Nuss,  nee  Reder,  aged  27  years. 

Oct.  16.     Anna  Margaretha,  her  father  Georg  Fischer;   her  age   19  years, 
8  months. 


360  Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber,  in  the  year  1786. 
Date  of  birth. 

1785,  May  4,  Sus.  Cath.  Nus,  aged  i  year,  several  weeks. 

1783,  May  24,  Petrus  Huper,  aged  3  years  less  5  weeks. 

1786,  Apr.  27,  Johannes  Huper,  aged  i  month,  2  weeks. 
1786,  May  4,  child  of  young  Grisemer,  aged  4  months,  2  days. 
1786,  July  27,  child  of  Val.  Brobst,  aged  11  days. 

1786,  July  18,  child  of  Peter  Hilligas,  aged  7  weeks,  2  days. 

1751,  Jos.  Leobold,  aged  35  years. 

1786,  Sept.  27,  child  of  Georg  Dorr,  aged  13  days. 

1720,  old  Mrs.  Benkes,  aged  66  years. 

1718,  Nov.  6,  Adam  Geri,  aged  68  years. 

1786,  Nov.  27,  child  of  Jacob  Geri,  aged  2  years,  3  weeks. 

1716,  Oct.  16,  Conrad  Zimmerman,  aged  70  3ears,  i  month,  3  weeks. 
1761,  Dec.  19,  Peter  Zimmerman,  aged  25  years. 

1787. 

1764,  Mar.  13,  Henr.  Herger,  aged  22  years,  11  months,  11  days. 
1775,  Aug.  i8,  Peter  Rautebusch,  aged  11  years,  8  months,  less  10  days. 

1784,  Sept.  29,  Johannes  Heisst,  aged  2  years,  6  months,  2  weeks. 

1786,  Oct.  5,  Johannes,  Trumb,  aged  6  months,  11  weeks. 
1730,  Jacob  Holshauser,  aged  57  years. 

1767,  Mar.  25,  daughter  of  Phil.  Jacob  Schmid,  aged  20  )ears,  2  months. 
1709,  July  14,  old  Mr.  Wendel  Wiant,  aged  78  years. 

1787,  Febr.  23,  child  of  Mr.  Dimig,  aged  3  months,  12  days. 
1787,  Aug.  10,  child  of  Andr.  Ried,  aged  8  days. 

1783,  Nov.  22,  child  of  Georg  Fischer,  aged  3  years,  lo  months,  11  days. 

1784,  Mar.  25.     child  of  Joh.  Bidling,  aged  3  years,  6  months,  17  days. 
i735i  Apr.  3,  Joh.  Fischer,  aged  52  years,  6  months,  10  days. 

1784,  Febr.  6,  child  of  Joh.  Miiller,  aged  3  years,  9  months. 

1787,  Oct.  9,  child  of  Peter  Trumb,  aged  2  years,  i  month,  3  days. 

1785,  Aug.  13,  child  of  Adam  Roeder,  aged  2  years,  3  months. 

1783,  Aug.  18,  child  of  Adam  Roeder,  aged  4  years,  3  months. 
1787,  Oct.  12,  child  of  Joh.  Fischer,  aged  7  months,  18  days. 

1717,  old  Mrs.  Jung,  aged  71  years. 

1713,  old  VVm.  Grisemer,  aged  75  years,  several  months. 

1788. 

1784,  Febr.  i,  child  of  Jacob  Stahl,  aged  4  years  less  a  month. 

1787,  Apr.  27,  child  of  young  Adam  Schneider,  aged  8  months,  14  days. 

1786,  Febr.  8,  child  of  Georg  Lang,  aged  i  year,  11  months,  11  days. 

1787,  Aug.  — ,  child  of  Mr.  Schwartz. 


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1786,  Nov.  29,  child  of  Joh.  Lambrecht,  aged  13  months,  21  days. 

1786,  May  12,  child  of  Zach.  Wagner,  aged  i  year,  8  months,  12  days. 
1726,  Cath.  Schlieger,  aged  62  years. 

1783,  Jan.  27,  Maria  Cath.  Hillegas,  aged  5  years,  i  week,  4  days, 
1782,  July  28,  son  of  Ludwig  Bitting,  aged  5  years,  7  months. 

1784,  Mar.  5,  child  of  Georg  Dorr,  aged  4  years  less  4  days. 

1784,  Oct.  26,  child  of  Henr.  Panebecker,  aged  3  years,  4  months,  5  days. 

1788,  Sept.  19,  Joh.  Georg,  aged  i  year,  6  months. 

1746,  Hcnrich  Maurer,  aged  42  years. 

1781,  Febr.  9,  Catharina,  aged  7  years,  6  months,  4  weeks. 

1789. 
Members  at  New  Goshenhoppen  who  died  and  were  buried  by  N.  Pomp. 
Date  of  birth. 

1768,  Dec.  6,  Jacob  Rieth,  aged  20  years  11  months,  28  days. 
1718,  Dec.  25,  Peter  Miller,  aged  70  years,  11  months,  19  days. 
Buried  Febr.  16,  George  Michael  Kolb,  aged  81  years,  25  days. 
Buried  Febr.  16,  Anna  Maria  Stroh,  aged  59  years,  7  months,  2  days. 
Buried  Mar,  25,  Dorothea  Hollebusch,  aged  68  years. 
Buried  June  16,  Elisabeth  Gehry,  aged  25  years,  10  months,  21  days. 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber,  Jr. 

1791. 
Date  of  birth. 

1787,  June  3,  child  of  Peter  Hilligas,  aged  4  years,  6  months,  8  days. 

1792. 

1790,  July  24,  Susan,  child  of  George  Wigner,  aged  i  year,  8  months. 
1707,  Sept.  29,  Maria  Kemp,  widow,  aged  82  years,  6  months,  2  weeks. 

1716,  July  27,  Fried.  Miller,  aged  75  years,  8  months,  3  weeks,  2  days. 
child  of  Joseph  Kolb,  aged  12  years,  2  months,  13  days. 

Andr.  Weiler,  aged  68  years,  5  months,  3  weeks,  4  days. 

wife  of  Stev.  Shoner. 

wife  of  Georg  Horlacher,  aged  33  years,  2  months,  3  week,  2  days. 

May  6,  Georg  Orffer  (?). 

May  12  (buried),  Wife  of  Heinr.  Miller,  aged  56  years,  i  month,  i  day. 
March  1,  Elisabeth. 

1795- 

1746,  July  31,  Anna  Marg.  Borleman,  aged  48  years,  5  months,  2  weeks,  4 
days. 

1717,  Dec,  Weyand  Panebecker,  aged  79  years,  2  months,  2  days. 


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1785,  Dec.  25,  Susana,  child  of  Godf.  Wisslcr,  aged  9  years,  2  months. 
1785,  Apr.  16,  Jacob,  child  of  Adam  Hittel,  aged  9  years  less  3  days. 
1787,  Febr.    9,  Catharine,  daughter  of  Peter  Trumb,  aged  8  years,  3  weeks, 

5  days. 
1794,  Apr.  23,  Maria  Cath.,  daughter  of  Henry  Geiger,  aged  11  months,  4 

days. 
Names  of  those  who  were  buried   in  New   Goshcnhoppen  in   1808.    A 
Helffenstein    [pastor]. 

Hanna  Hering,  died  June  21,  1808,  aged  38  years,  8  months,  14  days. 
Salina  Wannemacher,  died  July  19,  1808,  aged  4  years,  4  months,  11  days. 
Johan  Kehl,  aged  5  months,  5  days. 
Henrich  Liser. 

Conrad  Nuss,  died  March  18,  1808,  aged  64  years,  5  months,  4  days. 
Conrad  Heyl,  a  Lutheran,  died  Sept.  24,  1808,  aged  59  years,  7  weeks,  4 

days. 
Jacob  Kehl,  died  Sept.  30,  1808,  aged  4  years,  7  months,  11  days. 
Lorenz  Siissholz,  died  Oct.  16,  1808,  aged  69  years,  11  months,  5  days. 

1809. 

1805,  July  17,  Joel  ,  aged  3  years,  6  months,  13  days. 

1737  (about),  Susanna  Gucker,  aged  about  72. 

Those  who  were  buried  since  the  beginning  of  my  ministry.     On  Nov. 
12,  1812,  I  entered  upon  my  ministry,  but  funerals  did  not  occur  till  1813. 
[V.  D.  Sloot,  Jr.] 
Date  of  birth. 

1813,  Jan.  24,  Magdalena  Hittel,  aged  2  months,  5  days. 
1809,  Dec.  25,  Sophia  Wigand,  aged  3  years,  4  months,  24  days. 
1773,   Oct.   7,   Marg.   Gery,   nee   Steinmann,   aged   39   years,  4  months,   13 

days. 
1743,  Magdalena  Sell,  died  1813,  Febr.  27,  buried  March  2,  aged  70  years. 
1812,  Dec.  10,  Israel,  buried  March  26,  1813,  in  the  Schwenkfelder  Ceme- 
etery,  aged  3  months,  14  days. 

[HI.    MARRIAGE  RECORDS.] 

Those  persons  who  were  joined  in  marriage  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber. 

1767,  March  3,  Johannes  Hellicas,  son  of  Adam  Hellicas,  of  New  Goshcn- 
hoppen, and  Anna  Maria  Geri,  daughter  of  Jacob  Geri,  also  of  New 
Goshcnhoppen. 

1767,  May  26,  Wendel  Fischer,  son  of  the  late  Herman  Fischer,  of  Upper 
Hanover,  and  Juliana  Schneider,  daughter  of  Adam  Schneider,  of 
Douglas  township. 


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1767,  May  26,  Michael  Moll,  son  of  Michael  Moll,  of  Upper  Hanover,  and 

Margaretha    Schmeck,    daughter    of    the    late    Johannes    Schmeck,    of 

Elsass  township. 
1767,  June   16,  Johannes  Steinmann,  son  of  the  late   Georg  Steinmann,  of 

Herford  township,  and  Anna  Catharina  Maurer,  daughter  of  the  late 

Jacob  Maurer,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 
1767,  June  23,  Christoph  Schliger,  son  of  the  late  Johannes  Otto  Schliger, 

of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Margaretha  Mack,  daughter  of  Johannes 

Mack,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 
1767,  June  23,  Friedrich  Maurer,  son  of  the  old  Friedrich  Maurer,  of  New 

Goshenhoppen,    and    Catharina   Beyer,   daughter   of   the   late    Henrich 

Beyer,  of  Herford  township. 

1767,  Nov.  10,  Michael  Hellicas,  son  of  Adam  Hellicas,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Catharina  Geri,  daughter  of  Jacob  Geri,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1768,  Febr.  4,  Andreas  Riedt,  son  of  Philip  Riedt,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Anna  Maria  Leidi,  daughter  of  Jacob  Leidi,  of  Franconia  town- 
ship. 

1768,  June  28,  Jacob  Segler,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Segler,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Christina  Fischer,  daughter  of  the  late  Herman  Fischer, 
of  Upper  Hanover  township. 

1768,  Sept.  6,  Jacob  Frack's  son,  Daniel  Frack,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and 
Catharina,  daughter  of  the  late  Jost  Wiand,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1768,  Nov.  22,  Jacob  Kammerer,  son  of  Friedrich  Kammerer,  of  Upper 
Milford,  and  Andreas  Maurer's  daughter,  Elisabetha  Maria,  of  New 
Goshenhoppen. 

1769,  Jan.  10,  Jacob,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Taub,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and 
Anna  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Conrad  Zimmerman,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1769,  Apr.  25,  Georg  Michael,  son  of  Georg  Michael  Kolb,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen, and  Eva  Maria,  daughter  of  Friedr.  Stellwagen,  of  Marion 
township. 

1769,  Aug.  22,  Conrad,  son  of  the  late  Jacob  Nus,  of  Upper  Hanover  town- 
ship, and  Maria  Margaretha  Roeder,  daughter  of  Michael  Roeder,  of 
Upper  Hanover  township. 

1769,  Aug.  15,  Lorentz,  son  of  David  Schmid,  of  Plumstet  township,  and 
Susanna  Kolb,  daughter  of  Georg  Michael  Kolb,  of  Hanover  township. 

1769,  Oct.  12,  Jacob,  son  of  Jacob  Schlosser,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  and 
Anna  Cath.  Schwartz,  daughter  of  Weiland  Schwartz,  of  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1769,  Oct.  17,  Jacob,  son  of  the  late  Jacob  Lutz,  of  Maxatawny,  and  Anna 
Christina  Bossert,  daughter  of  Adam  Bossert,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 


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1770,  April  17,  Jacobus,  son  of  the  late  Jost  Wiant,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Catharina  Schlichter,  daughter  of  John  Schlichter,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1770,  Sept.  30,  Joh.  Georg,  son  of  Adam  Hellicas,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Elisabeth  Jung,  daughter  of  Joh.  Nicolaus  Jung,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1770,  Oct.  2,  Melchior  Kolb,  widower,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Anna 
Maria  Stettler,  widow,  of  Falkner  Swamp. 

1771,  Jan.  4,  Jost,  son  of  Wendel  Wiant,  of  Upper  Hanover  township,  and 
Anna  Barbara  Roder,  daughter  of  Michael  Roder,  of  Upper  Hanover. 

1772,  Jan.  14,  Valentin,  son  of  Joh.  Nicolas  Finck,  of  Herford  township, 
and  Eiisabetha,  daughter  of  Melchoir  Siissholz,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1772,  May  5,  Johannes,  son  of  Joh.  Krisemer,  of  Leter  (!)  Creek,  and 
daughter  of  Joh.  Adam  Hellicas,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1772,  Oct.  13,  Marty,  son  of  Marty  Hiller,  of  Limerick  township,  and  Anna 
Roeder,  daughter  of  Michael  Raeder,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1772,  Oct.  13.  Jacob,  son  of  the  late  Jacob  Hohl,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Jacob  Datismon,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1773,  Sept.  23,  Christian,  son  of  Joh.  Henr.  Schmid,  of  Upper  Milford 
township,  and  Maria  Geri,  daughter  of  Thomas  Geri,  of  Rockhill 
township. 

1773,  Nov.  2,  Peter,  son  of  Engel  Binkes,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Bar- 
bara, daughter  of  the  late  Henrich  Stettler,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1773,  Oct.  25,  Adam,  son  of  Zach.  Haller,  of  Lynn  township,  and  Catha- 
rina, daughter  of  Wilh.  Geier,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1773,  Dec.  7,  Andreas,  son  of  Andreas  Weiller,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Joh.  Mack,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1774,  June  14,  Albertus  Spring,  son  of  the  late  Andreas  Spring,  of  New 
Goshenhoppen,  and  Barbara,  daughter  of  Peter  Gettel,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1774,  Aug.   14,  Carl  Schelleberger,  son  of  Joh.   Schelleberger,  of  Hatfield 

township,  and  Margaret  Hellicas,  daughter  of  Adam  Ilelligas,  of  New 

Goshenhoppen. 
1774,  Nov.  20,  Friedrich  Panebecker,  son  of  the  late  Weiant  Panebecker, 

of  New   Goshenhoppen,   and  Elis.   Neukomer,   daughter  of  Joh.   Neu- 

komer,  of  Lower  Saucon. 

1774,  Dec.  27,  Joh.  Taudt,  son  of  Michael  Taudt,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Susanna  Benvil,  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Benvil,  of  Berks 
County. 

1775,  March  21,  Joh.  Klein,  son  of  Joh.  Klein,  of  Nentmil  [Nantraill] 
township,  and  Cath.  Bitting,  daughter  of  Ludwig  Bitting,  of  Great 
Swamp. 


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1775,  July  4,  Wendel  Wiant,  widower,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Mag- 

dalena  Datismann,  wife  of  the  late  Mr.  Datisraann,  but  now  widow. 

of  New  Goshenhoppen. 
1775,  July  2,  Jost  Wiant,  son  of  Jost  Wiant,  of  Upper  Milford  township, 

and    Margareta    Long,    daughter   of   Peter   Long,    of   Upper   Milford 

township. 

1775,  Aug.  IS,  Jacob  Bossert,  son  of  the  late  Adam  Bossert,  of  Lower 
Salford,  and  Eva  Schlieger,  daughter  of  Jost  Schlieger,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1775,  Dec.  12,  Henr.  Schlieger,  son  of  Jost  Schlieger,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Christina  Weiller,  daughter  of  Andreas  Weiller,  also  of 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

X776,  Febr.  20,  Joh.  Mack,  son  of  Joh.  Mack,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and 
Anna  Maria  Schell,  daughter  of  Joh.  Schell,  also  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen. 

1776,  May  7,  Joh.  Roeder,  son  of  Michael  Roeder,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Maria  Cath.  Wiegner,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1776,  May  s,  Valentin  Schneider,  son  of  the  late  Georg  Schneider,  of  New 
Goshenhoppen,  and  Maria  Wagner,  daughter  of  Michael  Wagner,  of 
Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1776,  June  II,  Henr.  Panebecker,  son  of  Weyant  Panebecker,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen, and  Susana  Huper,  daughter  of  Michael  Huper,  of  Douglas 
township. 

1776,  June  II,  Joh.  Adam  Geri,  son  of  Jacob  Geri,  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 
and  Barbara  Weiller,  daughter  of  Andreas  Weiller,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen. 

1776,  June  9,  Philip  Vorschong,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Anna  Benges, 
of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1776,  July  2,  Adam  Helligas,  son  of  Joh.  Adam  Helligas,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Anna  Schultz,  daughter  of  Melchior  Schultz,  of  New 
Goshenhoppen. 

1777,  Sept.  30,  Michael  Diel,  son  of  the  late  Jacob  Diel,  of  Upper  Milford 
township,  and  Barbara  Sussholtz,  daughter  of  Melchior  Siissholtz,  of 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

1777,  Dec.  2,  Georg  Faust,  son  of  Georg  Faust,  of  Tulpehocken,  and  Chris- 
tina Maurer,  daughter  of  Andreas  Maurer,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1778,  Jan.  13,  Jacob  Dorr,  son  of  Joh.  Dorr,  of  Great  Swamp,  and  Mar- 
garetha  Miiller,  daughter  of  Henr.  Muller,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1778,  Dec.  22,  Dietrich  Reiher,  son  of  Martin  Reiher,  of  Malbrick  [Marl- 
borough] township,  and  Elisabeth  Graeber,  daughter  of  Andreas 
Graeber,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

25 


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1779,  Febr.  23,  Jacob  Nus,  son  of  the  late  Jacob  Nus,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Anna  Maria  Roeder,  daughter  of  Michael  Roeder,  of 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

1779,  March  9,  Andreas  Graeber,  son  of  Andreas  Graeber,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen, and  Anna  Weiss,  son  of  Georg  Weiss,  of  Upper  Milford 
township, 

1779,  March  16,  Joh.  Petrus  Helligas,  son  of  Georg  Petrus  Helligas,  of 
New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Anna  Maria  Maurer,  daughter  of  Andreas 
Maurer,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1779,  June  22,  Jacob  Brendel,  son  of  the  late  Andreas  Brendel,  of  Cole- 
brookdale  township,  and  Elis.  Ritschert,  daughter  of  James  Ritschert, 
of  Daunaensich  [Toamensing]  township. 

1779,  Sept.  17,  Georg  Long,  son  of  the  late  Elis.  Long,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Anna  Maria  Graeber,  daughter  of  Ulrich  Graeber,  of 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

1779,  July  21,  Ludwig  Graeber,  son  of  Andreas  Graeber,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, and  Elis.  Joter,  daughter  of  Jacob  Joter,  of  Rocklin  [Rock- 
land] township. 

1779,  Sept.  30,  Peter  Lauer,  son  of  Peter  Lauer,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and 
Margaretha  Fischer,  daughter  of  Joh.  Fischer,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

List   of   those   persons   who  were   joined   in   marriage   by   me,   Friedrich 
Delliker. 

1782. 

March  24,  Georg  Zerby  and  Maria  Klein. 

June  25,  Georg  Grob,  son  of  Jacob  Grob,  of  New  Hanover  township,  and 
Margaretha  Lar,  daughter  of  Philip  Lar. 

Sept.  3,  David  Siissholtz,  widower,  of  New  Hanover  township,  and  Elisa- 
beth Miiller,  daughter  of  Peter  Miiller,  of  Rockhill  township. 

1783- 
May  20,  Samuel  Kolb,  son  of  Melchior  Kolb,  and  Anna  Maurer,  daughter 
of  Peter  Maurer. 

1784. 

Febr.  3,  Heinrich  Segler,  son  of  Abraham  Segler,  and  Elisabeth  Gugger, 
daughter  of  Peter  Gugger,  of  Upper  Hanover  township. 

Febr.  15,  Philip  Pauly  and  Elisabeth  Mosch,  daughter  of  Joh.  Mosch,  of 
Eastown. 

March  16,  Hans  Niclas  Mud,  Jacob  Mud's  son  and  Anna  Margaret  Greber, 
daughter  of  Andreas  Greber,  both  of  this  congregation. 


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List  of  the  Persons  who  were  united  in  marriage  by  me,  Fridrich  Wilhelm 
Von  der  Sloot. 

1784. 
May  XX,  Johannes  Keri  [Geri],  son  of  Jacob  Keri.  of  New  Goshenhoppen, 

and  Susanna  Wigner,  daughter  of  the  late  George  Wigner 
May  25,  Peter  Jost,  son  of  Johannes  Jost,  of  Fredrick  township,  and  Eva 

Hillegas,  daughter  of  Conrad  Hillegas,  of  New  Goshenhoppen 
June  27,  Johannes  Bergman,  of  Germany,  and  Anna  Stromann 
June  29,  Rev.  Daliker  married  me,  Friedrich  Wiihelm  Von  der  Sloot   onlv 

son  of  FnedrichHeinrich  Von  der  Sloot,  late  minister  in  Anhalt-Zerbs; 

Germany    to  Anna  Margaretha  Riedt,  oldest  daughter  of  Jacob  Ried,' 

of  Hatfield  township,  Philadelphia  County. 
July  13    Conrad  Wolf,  son  of  Conrad  Wolf,  of  Upper  Milford  township 

and  Catharma  Jakels,  daughter  of  Jeremias  Jakel,  of  Upper  Milford 

township. 

Sept.  28,  Peter  Trump,  son   of  Adam   Trump,  of  Milford  township,   and 
Eva  Rheder,  daughter  of  Michael  Reder,  of  Upper  Hanover  township. 
Those   persons   who   were   united    in    marriage   by   me,   John    Theobald 


Faber. 


X786. 


Aug.   6,  Joh.   Stephan   Linck,   of   Malburi    [Marlborough]    township,    and 

Margaret  Maurer,  of  New  Hanover, 
Dec.    X9,   Math.   Hinerleiter,   of  Maxatawny,   and    Catharina   Gerhard    of 

Uouglas  township.  ' 

1787. 

March  6,  Jacob  Maurer,   of  New  Goshenhoppen,   and  Eva  Hornecker,  of 

the  same  place. 
March  X3,  Henr.  Graeber  and  Christina  Haas,  both  of  Lower  Saucon. 
March  13.  Martin  Wetknecht,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Maria  Pertroin. 

or  Uld  Goshenhoppen. 
Apr.  22,  Petrus  Stehler,  of  Upper  Milford,  and  Christina  Graeber,  of  New 

Goshenhoppen. 

Apr.  24,  Jeremias  Schiefer,  of  Upper  Milford,  and  Catharina  Schlieger   of 
New  Goshenhoppen.  ' 

Apr.  24,  Jacob  Bierman  and  Christina  Fischer,  both  of  Berks  County 

May  3,  Weitner,  of ,  and  Wagner 

May  15,  Wendel  Wiant,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Margaretha  Sell,  of 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

June  12    Johannes  Finck,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Elisabetha  Neudorf. 
in  New  Goshenhoppen. 

June  24,  Peter  Lang  and  Cath.  Hageberg,  both  of  Upper  Milford  township. 


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June  26,  Joh.  Faust,  of  Frederick  township,  and  Susanna  Walber,  of  the 

same  township. 
July  7,  Georg  Reinheimer,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  and  Margareth  Cogg. 
Oct.  23,   Georg  Frey,  of  Limerick  township,   and   Margaretha   Griesemer, 

of  New  Goshenhoppen. 
Dec.   18,  Peter  Willauer,  of  New   Goshenhoppen,  and  Rebecka   Geri,  also 

of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1788. 

Jan.  8,  Joh.  Martin  Schmidt,  of  Malbork  [Marlborough]  township,  and 
Barbara  Wetknecht,  of  the  same  township. 

April  22,  Georgus  Maurer  and  Catharina  Schultz,  both  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen. 

May  6,  Johannes  Wittner,  of  Oly,  and  Anna  Margareta  Cunius,  of  New 
Goshenhoppen. 

May  13,  Fried.  Hering  and  Anna  Levi,  both  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

N.  Pomp,  minister  of  the  three  united  congregations,  has  duly  married 
the  following  persons,  beginning  with  December  i,  1789. 
Dec.  22,  Philip  Schmayer,  of  Macungie,   and  Catharina  Miller,   daughter 

of  Peter  Miller,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 
Dec.  26,  Philip  Hiibner,  of  Frederick  township,  Montgomery  County,  and 

Elisabeth  Neiss,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1790. 

Jan.  17,  Henrich  Raudenbusch  and  Catharina  Schneider,  both  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

March  23,  Johannes  Dorr  and  Gertraut  Schliecher. 

March  30,  Johannes  Raudenbusch  and  Salome  Hildebeutel. 

June  I,  Christophel  Schlicher  and  Gertraut  Schneider,  married  at  Upper 
Milford. 

Aug.  ID,  Michael  Dotter  and  Maria  Margareth  Hillegas. 

Those  persons  who  were  duly  united  in  marriage  by  me,  John  Faber,  in 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

1793. 

Andreas  Graeber  and  Sibilla  Wolzetler. 
Samuel  Erode  and  Barbara  Berckstroser. 
Jacob  Geri  and  Elisabeth  Drelsler. 
Joseph  Fischer  and  Barbara  Miller. 

Jan.   22,   John    Christman    and   Catharina    Wiant,   both   of   New    Goshen- 
hoppen. 
Febr.  26,  Michael  Moll  and  Elizabetha  Sell. 
Apr.  2,  Heinrich  Rlioeder  and  Maragaretha  Kowern. 


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May  7,  Michael  Diederle  and  Barbara  Borlemann. 

June  2,  John  Hauswirth  and  Elisabeth  Miller. 

Aug.  20,  Jacob  Roth,  of  Lower  Saucon,  and  Margaretha  Barkstroser, 

Michael  Brauchler,  of  Berks  County,  and  Elisabetha  Kittelmann. 

1794. 

Apr.  15.     John  Maurer  and  Maria  Stahl,  both  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

Apr.    15,   Abraham   Joder   and   Elisabeth   Maurer,   both   of   New    Goshen- 
hoppen. 

May  II,  Abraham  Levi  and  Eva  Hillegas,  daughter  of  Peter  Hillegas. 

Nov.,  1794,  John  Kuhler,  son  of  John  Kiihler,  and  Eva  Siissholtz,  daughter 
of  Lorenz  Siissholtz. 

1795- 

Jan.  4,  Johannes  Loch  and  Caty  Neudig. 

April  7,  Daniel  Zimmerman  and  Catharina  Weiss. 

May  10,  Henrich  Boyer  and  Madlena  Wissler. 

May  31,  Jacob  Ache  and  Maricha  Hillegas. 

June  7,  William  Lick  and  Catharina  Wiand. 

June  7,  John  George  Hillegas  and  Maria  Hillegas. 

June  25,  Peter  Gerhard  and  Elisabetha  Himmels. 

June  28,  Johannes  Young  and  Barbara  English. 

August,  Johannes  Hillegas  and  Catharina  Hillegas. 

December,  Henrich  Sell  and  Margaretha  Schmitt. 

November,  1796,  George  Staud  and  Hanna  Sell. 

1797,  April,  Michael  Rhaudenbusch  and  Maria  Sell. 

1797,  May,  George  Renninger  and  Mary  Hein. 

1797,  June  I,  David  Zerby  and  Maria  Magdalena  Jung. 

List  of  those  persons  who  were  united  in  marriage  by  me,  i/^lbert  Helf- 
fenstein. 

June  12,  1808 

Peter  Lepold  and  Cath.  Richard,  Aug.  14. 
Georg  Reiter  and  Polly  Freyer,  Aug.  14. 

Mr.  Ball  and  Miss  Eberhard,  

Mr.  Klein  and  Miss  Mumbauer,  Oct.  10. 
Mr.  Gering  and  Miss  Marsteller. 
Mr.  Handschu  and  Miss  Schelly 

1 8 10. 

Febr.  9,  Philip  Freyer  and  Elisabeth  Brey. 

Febr.  11,  Abraham  Reifschneider  and  Christina  Schmidt. 

Hanrich  Steuer  and  Elis.  Freyer. 

Henrich  Hauch  and  Elis.  Schiitler. 

Wilhelm  Koch  and  Bewey  Waidermeyer. 


370 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


[IV.    LISTS  OF  CATECHUMENS.] 

Children  of  the  congregation  of  New  Goshenhoppen  who  were  confirmed 
by  me,  Joh.  Th.  Faber,  in  the  year  1767,  on  April  17th,  as  follows: 


Boys 

1.  Friedrich   Segler,    aged   23   years 

2.  Joseph  Segler,  aged   18  years 

3.  Christian   VVanemacher,   aged   14 

years 


Girls 

1.  Fronica    Rid,   confirmed   by   her- 

self  because   of   sickness,    aged 
16  years 

2.  Elisabeth  Grob,  aged   15  years 


In  the  year  1768,  April  ist. 

1.  Johannes  Mack,  aged  18  years  i.  Anna   Maria   Wiant,   aged    15 

2.  Erhard  Hudt,  aged  15  years  years 

3.  Johannes  Hudt,  aged  14  years  2.  Barbara  Reder,  aged  15  years 

4.  Erhard  Weis,  aged  14  years 


In  the  year  1769,  March  24th. 

1.  Joh.  Adam  Geri,  aged  17  years         9.  Abr.     Zimmermann, 

2.  Conrad  Finck,  aged   16^  years 

3.  Ludwig  Graeter,  aged  15  years 

4.  Benedict  Finck,  aged  15  years 

5.  VVilh.     Pannebecker,     aged     15 


aged     14 
years 

10.  Petrus  Binckes,  aged   16^/2  years 

11.  Jost  Wiant,  aged  16  years 


years 

6.  Stephen 

years 

7.  Jacob  Geri,  aged  14  years 

8.  Henr.      Schlieger,      aged 

years 

In  the  year  1770,  May   13th. 


Schlieger,      aged      19 


i6'/4 


1.  Susanna  Huper,  aged  15^  years 

2.  Eva  Schlieger,  aged  15I/2  years 

3.  Cath.  Kleber,  aged  145^2  years 

4.  Sib.    Cath.    Wiant,    aged    13K' 
vears 


1.  Michael  Huper,  aged  14^^  years 

2.  Joh.  Schell,  aged   16^  years 

3.  Joseph  Kleport,  aged   18^  years 

4.  Wilh.  Kunius,  aged  15^  years 

5.  Phil.  Jacob  Kolb,  aged  18  3'ears 
Adult  persons  who  were  instruct- 
ed and  baptized: 

1.  Phil.  Lar,  aged  28  years 

2.  Hen.  Sell,  aged  30  years 

3.  Susanna  Gucker,  aged  28  years 

4.  Anna  Maria  Kolb,  aged  27  years 

5.  Magdalena,  wife  of  Georg  Kolb 


1.  Fereni  Mack,  aged  15  years 

2.  Barbara   May,  aged   15  years 

3.  Sara  May,  aged  15^2  years 

4.  Marg.    Panebecker,    aged    14^ 

years 

5.  Barbara  Siisshols,  aged  15  years 

6.  Marg.   Schmitt,   aged   14  years 

7.  Elis.  Marg.  Rosenauer,  aged  15 

jears 

8.  Anna  Reder,  aged  15^/2  years 

9.  Anna    Christina    Kraeber,    aged 

14  years 

10.  Fereni  Schell,  aged   15  years 

11.  Christina      Maurer,      aged      15 

vears 


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In  the  year  1771,  March  29th. 

1.  Georg  Adam   Hellicas,   aged   15       i.  Gertr.  Schlieger,  aged  15  years 

_  y^3"  2.  Anna    Marg.    Geiger,    aged    15 

2.  Friedr.  Hellicas,  aged   13  years  years 

3.  Peter  Hellicas,  aged  15  years  3.  Barbara  Weitner,  aged   16  years 

4.  Joh.  Wetknecht,  aged  15  years  4.  Marg.  Weitner,  aged   15  years 

In  the  year  1772,  April  17th. 

1.  Andreas  Graeber,  aged  17  years       i.  Marg.    Elis.    Graeber,    aged    14 

2.  Andr.  Benkes,  aged   16  years  years 

3.  Wendel  Wiant,  aged  16  years  2.  Anna     Maria     Moor,     aged     20 

4.  Jacob  Kunsert,  aged  16  years  years 

3.  Marg.  Hupper,  aged  14  years 

4.  Marg.  Hellicas,  aged  15  years 

In  the  year  1773,  April  25th. 

1.  Joh.    Adam     Bossert,     aged     15       i.  Mar.  Cath.  Schell,  aged  15  years 
^'^^"  2.  Marg.  Schlieger,  aged  15  vears 

2.  Phil.  Wetknecht,  aged  16  years         3.  Elis.  Geri,  aged  16  years   ' 

3.  Peter  Lauer,  aged  14  years  4.  Anna    Marg.    Graeber,    aged    14 

years 

5.  Anna  Mar.  Roeder,  aged  15  years 

6.  Magdalena  Zimmerman,  aged  14 

years 

7.  Cath.  Kolb,  aged  14  years 

8.  Elisabeth  ,  aged  14  years 

9.  Anna    Mar.  Mauer,  aged  15  years 

In  the  year  1774,  April   ist. 

1.  Phil.  Eckel,  aged   16  years  i.  Mar.  Cunius,  aged  15  years 

2.  Wenert  Knop,  aged  16  years  2.  Mar.  Kleber,  aged  15  years 

3.  Georg  Finck,  aged  i8  years  3.  Anna    Marg.    Miiller,    aged    15 

4.  Mich.  Geiger,  aged  14  years  years 

5.  Christian  Muller,  aged  17  years  4.  Christian  Wiant,  aged  15  years 

6.  Henrich  Oehl,  aged   15  years 

In  the  year  1775,  April  14th. 

1.  Joh.  Maurer,  aged  18  years  i.  Elis.  Zerny,  aged  15  years 

2.  Henr.  Segler,  aged  16  years  2.  Magd.  Zerney,  aged  15  years 

3.  Joh.  Geri,  aged  16  years  3.  Emma  Mauer,  aged  14  years 

4.  Joh.  Weiller,  aged  14  years  4.  Anna   Maria   Maurer,   aged    14 

5.  Jacob  Schell,  aged  18  years  years 


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6.  Jacob  Zorli,  aged  17  years 

7.  Ludw.  Zorli,  aged  15  years 


In  the  year 

1.  Adam  Roeder,  aged  15  years 

2.  David  Schultz,  aged  16  years 

3.  Joh.  Fischer,  aged  14  years 

4.  Nicol.  Muth,  aged  16  years 

5.  Jacob  Schell,  aged  16  years 

6.  Michael  Frack,  aged  17  years 

7.  Jacob  Frack,  aged  14  years 

8.  Joh.  Berret,  aged  17  years 

9.  Hen.  Berret,  aged  15  years 

10.  Georg  Kiicker,  aged  15  years 

11.  Peter  Helligas,  aged  15  years 

12.  Joh.  Doerr,  aged  15  years 

13.  Schliger,  aged  15  years 

In  the  year 
Peter  Zimmerman,  aged  15  years 
Henr.  Heineman,  aged  15  years 


5.  Anna    Mar.    Maurer,    aged    16 

years 

6.  Elis.  Grisemer,  aged  17  years 

7.  Anna  Mar.  Grisemer,   aged   15 

years 

8.  Cath.  Lauer,  aged  14  years 

9.  Anna    Mar.    Wiant,    aged     14 

years 

10.  Mar.  Weiller,  aged  15  years 

11.  Barb.  Geier,  aged  18  years 

12.  Christina  Wiant,  aged  18  years 

1776,  April  13th. 

1.  Marg.  Fischer,  aged  15  years 

2.  Christina  Fischer,  aged  14  years 

3.  Cath.  Helligas,  aged  15  years 

4.  Anna  Mar.  Geier,  aged  14  years 

5.  Anna  Schultz,  aged  18  years 

6.  Elis.  Helligas,  aged  14  j-ears 

7.  Anna    Marg.    Cunius,    aged    14 

years 

8.  Eva  Elis.  Helligas,  aged  14  years 

9.  Cath.  Holhauser,  aged  14  years 


1.  Jacob  Halshausen 

2.  Henr.  Geier 

3.  Peter  Gerhart 


1777,  April  i2th. 

Eva  Graeber,  aged  14  years 
Cath.  Levi,  aged  14  years 
Cath.  Muller,  aged  14  years 
Elis.  Muller,  aged  16  years 
Cath.  Muller,  aged  15  years 
Anna  Maria  Lauer,  aged  14  years 
Anna    Maria   Reinheimer,    aged    14 

years 
Cath.  Schultz,  aged  15  years 
Anna  Barb.  Mayer,  aged  15  years 
Christina  Mayer,  aged   14  years 

In  the  year  1779,  April  2nd. 

1.  Marg.  Wiegert,  aged   15  years 

2.  Marg.  Stroh,  aged  16  years 

3.  Susanna  Mess,  aged  15  years 


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4.  Michael  Jung 

5.  Joh.  Griesemer 

6.  Henr.  Stroh 

7.  Henr.  Stroh 

8.  Henr.  Graeber 

9.  Weiant  Panebecker 
10.  Jacob  Huper 

ir.  Elias  Ritz 

12.  Jacob  Geri 

13.  Leonhart  Hartranft 
14-  Phil.  Rauch 

15.  G«org  Rauch 


4.  Anna  Maria  Helligas,  aged  15 

years 

5.  Christina  Huper,  aged  15  years 

6.  Eva  Trolinger,  aged  16  years 

7.  Eva  Helligas,  aged  15  years 

8.  Cath.  Cunius,  aged  16  years 
9-  Eva  Roeder,  aged  15  years 

10.  Cath.  Schleiger,  aged  15  years 
ir.  Marg.  Lar,  aged  15  years 

12.  Elis.  Gucker,  aged  15  years 

13.  Elis.  Barret,  aged  15  years 

14.  Elis.  Lauer,  aged  15  years 

15.  Cath.  Roeder,  aged  17  years 
iG.  Elis.  Helligas,  aged  15  years 
17.  Maria  Hartranf,  aged  17  years 


On  May  26th,  1782,  the 
rich  Delliker. 


following  children  were  confirmed  by  me,  Fried- 


Peter  Schell 


Philip   Fischer 
Johannes  Maurer 
Abraham  Sechler 
Johannes  Moll 
Johannes  Raudenbusch 
Heinrich  Ringer 


Married  persons: 

Barbara  Benkes 
Single  persons 

Catharina  Ekhard 
Margaret  Weitknecht 
Elisabeth  Stromann 
Anna  Stromann 
Elisabeth  Barbara  Jiillegas 
Anna  IVTaria  Schlicher 
Rebecca  Geri 
Elisabeth  Kolb 
Elisabeth  Jung 
Magdalena  Gugger 
Catharina   Christman 
Barbara  Baret 
Elisabeth  Moll 
Elisabeth  Barbara  Horning 
Margareth  Horning 
Catharina  Horning 

Confirmed  May  24,  1783. 
Married  persons: 
Elisabeth  Greber 
Susanna  Reder 


374 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Johannes  Ris 
Daniel   Weissel 
Jacob  Rid 
Johannes  Fischer 
Andreas  Grebcr 
Abraham  Zarn 
Andreas  Weyand 
Peter  Weyand 


Single  persons: 

Susanna  Wigner 
Christina   Greber 
Anna  Maria  Zeller 
Catharina  Zeller 
Rosina  Segler 
Margareth  Schell 


The  following  persons  were  confirmed  by  me,  Friedrich  Wilhelm  Von 
der  Sloot,  in  the  year  1784: 


1.  George    Huber,    who    was    also 

baptized    this    day,    aged    17 
years 

2.  Wilhelm  Geier,  aged  15  years 

3.  Jacob  Reps,  aged  18  years 

4.  Jacob  Kunius,  aged  15  years 

5.  Christian    Neukammer,    aged    21 


years 

6.  Barbara  Jung,  aged   16  years 

7.  Elisabeth   Stroh,   aged    18   years 

8.  Elisabeth    Holzhausen,    aged    15 

years 

9.  Susanna     Holzhausen,     aged     16 

years 


Married  persons: 

10.  Christina  Sell,  20  years. 

11.  Anna  Marg.  Schoener,  22  years. 


Children  of  the  two  congregations.  New  Goshenhoppen  and  Great 
Swamp,  who  were  confirmed  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber,  in  the  year  1787, 
April  9th. 

Boys 

1.  Joh.  Faber,  aged  15  years 

2.  Phil.  Cunius,   aged   16  years 

3.  Peter  Roeder,  aged  19  years 

4.  Phil.  Lauer,  aged  15  years 

5.  Joh.  Staut,  aged  18  years 

6.  Joh.  Graeber,  aged  17  years 

7.  Wendel  Wiant,  aged  21  years 

8.  Georg  Stahl,  aged  16  years 

9.  Joh.  Stahl,  aged  18  years 

10.  Wendel  Wiant,  aged  14  years 

11.  Adam  Levi,  aged  18  years 

12.  Michael  Moll,  aged  19  years 


Girls 

1.  Eva  Maurer,  aged  18  years 

2.  Cath.  Stahl,  aged  14  years 

3.  Maria  Neukirch,  aged   16  years 

4.  Marg.  Helligas,  aged  17  years 

5.  Susanna  Helligas,  aged  16  years 

6.  Maria  Stahl,  aged  15  years 

7.  Susanna   Wiant,   aged    16  years 

8.  Margareta  Levi,   aged   15  years 

9.  Anna  Levi,  aged  16  years 

ID.  Anna    Maria    Fischer,    aged    17 

years 
II.  Eva   Helligas,   aged   17  years 


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13.  Jacob  Helligas,  aged  15  years 

14.  Georg  Staut,  aged   16  years 

15.  Joh.    Georg    Fischer,    aged    19 

years 

16.  Georg  Reninger,  aged  16  years 

17.  Joh.  Helligas,  aged  15  years 

18.  Jacob  Hauswirt,   aged  20  years 

19.  Johannes     Hauswirt,     aged     18 

years 

20.  Peter  Geri,  aged  18  years 

21.  Michael  Geri,  aged  16  years 

22.  Wendel     Reninger,      aged      17 

years 

23.  Friedr.  Maurer,  aged  15  years 

24.  Jacob  Mayer,  aged  21  years 

25.  Peter  Maurer,  aged  17  years 

26.  Michael  Kolb,  aged  18  years 

27.  Georg     Reinheimer,     aged      19 

years 

28.  Georg  Welcker,  aged  16  years 

29.  Georg  Hustner,  aged  25  years 

30.  Herman     Bingeman,     aged     20  ' 

years 

31.  Henr.  Roeder,  aged  17  years 

32.  Jacob  Linck,  aged  17  years 
33-  Phil.  Riedt,  aged  16  years 
34.  Joh.  Fischer,  aged  17  years 

From  the  Swamp  Congregation  the  following  children  were  confirmed 
together  with  those  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation: 
I.  Abr.  Eberhart,  aged  14  years 


12.  Elis.  Maurer,  aged  18  years 

13.  Anna  Margr.  Maurer,   aged   i8 
years 

14.  Marg.  Eckart,  aged  16  years 

15.  Susanna  Gucker,  aged  18  years 

16.  Cath.  Nuss,  aged  16  years 

17.  Bebi  Maurer,  aged  i8  years 

18.  Anna  Maria  Welcker,   aged   18 
years 

19.  EHs.  Sell,  aged  18  years 

20.  Marg.  Sell,  aged   17  years 

21.  Margr.  Rid 

22.  Margr.  Griesemer 

23.  Magd.  Kolb 

24.  Elis.  Dimig 

25.  Betti  Reinheimer 

26.  Cath.  Kolb 

27.  Sophia   Derr 


2.  Georg  Helligas,  aged   16  years 

3.  Bastian  Buchert,  aged   17  years 

4.  Antoni  Willauer,  aged   16  years 

5.  Henr.  Bitting,  aged  19  years 

6.  Joh.  Helligas,  aged  15  years 

7.  Adam  Willauer,  aged   17  years 


1.  Hanna  Huper,  aged   16  years 

2.  Christina     Hagenberg,     aged    16 

years 

3.  Eva  Bitting,  aged  19  years 

4.  Gert.  Linn,  aged  17  years 

5.  Cath.  Samsel,  aged  15  j'ears 

6.  Eva  Samsel,  aged  14  years 


Children  who  in  the  year  1788,  on  April  12th,  were  confirmed  by  me, 
Joh.  Theob.  Faber  from  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation  in  the  Swamp 
congregation : 

I.  Christian     Willauer,      aged      23  i.  Elis.  Frack,  aged  30  years 

y^^"  2.  Elis.  Willauer,  aged  20  years 


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Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


2.  Jacob  Berret,  aged   15  years 

3.  Joh.  Willauer,  aged   15  years 

4.  Joh.  Georg  Moll,  aged  18  years 

5.  Joh.    Georg    Helligas,    aged    16 

years 

6.  Joh.  Helligas,  aged  15  j-ears 

7.  Jacob  Nus,  aged  16  years 

8.  Martin  Wetknecht,  aged  26  years 

9.  Peter  Trolinger,  aged  19  years 


3.  Elis.  Werner,  aged   17  years 

4.  Mrs.    Margaretha    Frack,    aged 
24  years 

5.  Marg.  Moll,  aged  16  years 

6.  Marg.  Jung,  aged  i6  years 

7.  Susanna  Wiant,  aged  15  years 

8.  Maria  Steinmann,  aged  18  years 

9.  Marg.  Steinman,  aged  16  years 

10.  Barb.  Roeder,  aged  14  years 

11.  Elis.  Mengel,  aged  15  years 

12.  Salome   Christman,  aged  16  years 

13.  Catharina    Christman,    aged    15 

years 

14.  Susanna     Trolinger,     aged     17 

years 
1790 

This  year  fifty-two  children  were  confirmed  and  admitted  to  the  Lord's 
Supper  at  Pentecost,  of  whom  the  following  belong  to  the  New  Goshen- 
hoppen congregation: 

Boys 

Herman  Fischer,  aged  18;  father,  Georg  Fischer 

Jacob  Welcker,  aged  17;  father,  Jacob  Welcker 

Michael  Raudenbusch,  aged  16;   father,  Michael  Raudenbusch 

Heinrich  Sell,  aged  17;  father,  Henrich  Sell 

Philip  Fischer,  aged  16;  father,  George  Fischer 

Johannes  Sell,  aged  15;  father,  Henrich  Sell 

Carl  Geyger,  aged  18;  father,  Benjamin  Geyger 

Jacob  Reinheimer,  aged  16;  father,  late  Georg  Reinheimer 

Friedrich  Reninger,  aged   16;  father,  Friedrich  Reninger 

Jacob  Neiss,  aged  16;  father,  late  Georg  Neiss  (received  Holy  Baptism  at 

the  same  time) 
Georg  Kolb,  aged  19;  father,  Joseph  Kolb 
Peter  Kolb,  aged  18;  father,  Michael  Kolb 
Johannes  Kunius,  aged  21;  father,  Johan  Kunius 


Girls 

Catharina  Bostert,  aged  14;  father,  Jacob  Bostert 
Susanna  Fischer,  aged  15;  father,  Georg  Fischer 
Mary  Maurer,  aged  15;  father,  Peter  Maurer 
Maria  Hillegas,  aged  15;  father,  Peter  Hillegas 
Margaret  Steinman,  aged  16;   father,  Georg  Steinman 


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Eva  Hillegas,  aged  15;   father,  George  Hillegas 
Maria  Hillegas,  aged  15;  father,  Conrad  Hillegas 
Elisabeth  Wieand,  aged  15;  father,  Wendel  VVieand 
Barbara  Holshauser,  aged  17;  father,  Jacob  Holshauser 
Elisabeth  Laar,  aged  16;  father,  Philip  Laar 
Susanna  Zeller,  aged  19;  father,  John  Zeller 
Fronica  Segler,  aged  17;  father,  Abraham  Segler 
Catharina  Wiand,  aged  16;  father,  Jost  Wiand 
Sarah  Levi,  aged  15;  father,  late  David  Levi 

These  children  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation  were  confirmed 
on  Pentecost  of  the  year  1792  in  the  Swamp  congregation  by  me,  Johannes 
Faber,  Jr. 


Boys: 

1.  Andreas  Reed,  aged  17  years 

2.  Andreas  Young,  aged  17  years 

3.  Jacob  Levi,  aged  i8  years 

4.  John  Panebecker,  aged  17  years 

5.  Joseph   Schmith,   aged   21   years 

6.  Michael  Hillegas,  aged  16 years 

7.  Jacob  Stahl,  aged   18  years 

8.  Georg  Steinman,  aged  iS  years 

9.  Peter  Steinman,  aged   16  years 

10.  Friedrich    Griesemer,    aged    19 

years 

11.  John  Panebecker,  aged  14  years 

12.  Joseph   Fischer,  aged  27  years 


Girls: 

1.  Elisabeth  Schmit,  aged  19  years 

2.  Magdalena    Wiegner,    aged    27 
years 

3.  Anmaria     Schlichter,     aged     17 
years 

4.  Polly   Young,   aged    19   years 

5.  Anmaria  Young,  aged  16  years 

6.  Margretha   Panebeker,   aged   16 
years 

7.  Susanna   Stahl,  aged   16  years 

8.  Eva  Mack,  aged  17  years 

9.  Anmaria   Nuss,   aged   16  years 

10.  Barbara  Guker,  aged  18  years 

11.  Anmaria    Griesemer,    aged     18 

years 

12.  Magdalena    Hillegas,    aged    15 

years 

13.  Maricha  Sell,  aged  17  years 

14.  Susana  Kolb,  aged   17  years 

The  children  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation  who  on  March  29, 
1793,  were  confirmed  in  the  Old  Goshenhoppen  Church  bv  me,  Johannes' 
Faber,  Jr. 


Boys : 

1.  Peter  Staud,  aged   18  years 

2.  Philip  Christman,  aged  17  years 
3-  Peter  Kolp,  aged  17  years 


Girls: 

1.  Eva  Miller,  aged   15  years 

2.  Susanna  Schell,   aged  18  years 

3.  Barbara  English,  aged  17  years 


378 


Church  Records  of  Goshcnhoppen 


4.  Mary  Sofia  Weis,  aged  16  years 

5.  Elisabeth  Hillegas,  aged  20  years 


4.  John    Walter,    aged    23    years 

(who  received  baptism  at  the 
same  time) 

5.  Antony  Kehl,  aged   17  years 

6.  Charles  Huber,  aged  22  years 

7.  John   Moll,  aged   18  years 

8.  Heinrich  Moll,  aged  16  years 

9.  Stophel  Moll,   aged   18  years 

10.  Georg  Moll,   aged    15  years 

11.  John  Wiant,  aged   18  years 

12.  Wendel  Wiant,  aged   16  years 


Those  children  of  the  New  Goshenhoppen  congregation  who  on  Easter 
of  the  year  1794  were  confirmed  by  me,  Joh.  Faber,  Jr.,  in  this  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen Church. 


Girls: 

1.  Christina  Fischer,  aged   17  years 

2.  Anna    Marg.    Maurer,    aged    18 

years 

3.  Eva  Griesemer,  aged   15  years 

4.  Elisabeth  Schuler,  aged  17  years 

5.  Catharina     Steinman,     aged     18 

years 

6.  Maria  Hein,  aged  17  years 


Boys: 

1.  Jacob  Fischer,  aged   15  years 

2.  Heinrich    Christman,     aged     15 

years 

3.  Philip  Christman,  aged  15  years 

4.  John  Griesemer,  aged   17  years 

5.  Jacob  Griesemer,  aged  19  years 

6.  John  Steinman,  aged  21  years 

7.  John  Reed,  aged  16  years 

8.  Jeremias  Relmer,   aged   18  years 

9.  Jacob  Deis,  aged   17  years 

10.  Heinrich  Fritz,  aged  21  years 

11.  Joseph  Fritz,  aged   17  years 

12.  Heinrich  MiHer,  aged   16  years 

13.  John  Mack,  aged  18  years 


Those  children  of  this  congregation  who  on  Easter  of  the  year  1795  were 
confirmed  in  the  Swamp  congregation  by  me,  John  Faber,  Jr. 

Girls: 


Boys : 

1.  Samuel   Roeter,   aged   16  years 

2.  Samuel  Kolb,  aged  16  years 

3.  David  Christman,  aged  16  years 

4.  Jacob  Hillegas,  aged   17  years 

5.  Heinrich     Panebeker,     aged      17 

years 

6.  Heinrich  Derr,  aged  17  years 

7.  Andreas  Levi,  aged   16  years 


1.  Elisabetha    Panebeker,    aged     14 

years 

2.  Susanna  Young,  aged  17  years 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Communicants    379 


1808. 

Names  and  number  of  those  who  were  confirmed  this  year  and  admitted 
to  the  Lord's  Supper  from  the  three  congregations. 


Boys: 
24.  Isaac  

1.  Jonathan    Griesemer,    aged    16 

years 

2.  Johan   Geiger,  aged   18  years 

3.  Jacob   Geiger,   aged   i6  years 

4.  Georg  Welcker,   aged    17  years 

5.  Johan  Welcker,  aged  16  years 

6.  Johan  Willauer,  aged  16  years 

7.  Johan  Beret,  aged  16  years 

8.  Jacob  Wenner,  aged  22  years 

9.  Heinrich    Mumbauer,    aged    16 

years 

10.  Jacob  Kolb,  aged  18  years 

11.  Johan  Bussert,  aged   18  years 

12.  Georg  Nice,  aged   17  years 

13.  Daniel  Schissly,  aged  18  years 

14.  Jacob  Scheid,  aged  16  years 

15.  Daniel    Pfannebeker,     aged     18 

years 

16.  Heinrich  Huber,  aged  22  years 

17.  Georg  Reed,   aged   17  years 

18.  Peter  Hilligas,  aged  18  years 

19.  Henrich  Kehler,  aged   22  years 

20.  Henrich  

21.  Wilhelm  Schuler 

22.  Jacob  Ried 

23.  Samuel    Schuler 


Girls: 

1.  Margareth  Finck,   aged  i6  years 

2.  Hetty  Wittis,  aged   17  years 

3.  Polly  Hillegas,  aged  16  years 

4.  Cathr.  Maurer,  aged   16  years 

5.  Sally  Hering,  aged   16  years 

6.  Elis.  Willauer,  aged  15  years 

7.  Magr.  Bleiler,  aged   17  years 

8.  Cath.  Bossert,  aged   16  years 

9.  Sophia  Neis,  aged   17  years 

10.  Elisabeth    Mumbauer,    aged    18 

years 

11.  Nancy  Graber,  aged  16  years 

12.  Susanna  Bikhart,  aged  17  years 

13.  Marg.   Nusting,  aged   15  years 

14.  Cath.  Acker,  aged  16  years 

15.  Hanna    Waidemayer,    aged    17 

years 

16.  Maria  Wiant,  aged  17  years 

17.  Maricha  Graber,  aged  18  years 

18.  Margareth      Houck,      aged      17 

years 

19.  Cath.  Baumer,  aged  17  years 

20.  Cath.  Faust,  aged   16  years 

21.  Christian  Faust,  aged   19  j'ears 

22.  Nancy  Pack,  aged  29  years 

23.  Esther  Fischer,  aged  24  years 


[V.    LISTS  OF  COMMUNICANTS.] 
Names  and  number  of  those  persons  who  partook  of  the  Lord's  Supper 


in  the  fall  of  1808. 

Men: 

1.  Jacob  Huber 

2.  Michael  Jung 

3.  Philip   Christman 

4.  Johan  Goring 

5.  Godfried  Wisler 


Women : 

1.  Margaret    Christman 

2.  Susanna   Goring 

3.  Maria   Goring 

4.  Eva  Wisler 

5.  Juliana  Staut 


38o 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


6.  Johannes  Staut 

7.  Friedrich  Hilligas,  Sr. 

8.  Friedrich  Hilligas,  Jr. 

9.  Peter  Finck 

10.  Harry   Wiegener 

11.  Michael   Goring 

12.  Georg  Steinman 

13.  Antony   Kehl 

14.  Samuel  Roter 

15.  Daniel   Oehl 

16.  James  Pockly 

17.  Jacob   Sechler 


6.  Anna  Hilligas 

7.  Elis.  Finck 

8.  Cath.  Finck 

9.  Susanna  Wiegner 

10.  Susanna    Weiss 

11.  Anna  Maria  Goring 

12.  Elisabeth   Steinman 

13.  Catharina   Steinman 

14.  Barbara  Kehl 

15.  Elisabeth  Rother 

16.  Sarah   Rother 

17.  Magdalena  Oehl 

18.  Christina  Huber 

19.  Cath.  Huber 

20.  Susanna   Schmidt 

21.  Cath.  Zern 

22.  Sally  Troxel 

23.  Margaret   Miller 

24.  Catharina  Hilligas 

25.  Elisabeth  Maurer 

26.  Cath.  Schmidt 

27.  Cath.   Berdo 

28.  Cath.  Schnell 

29.  Christina   Berdo 

30.  Cath.  Lutz 

31.  Mary   Glory 


Names  of  those  who  on  Oct.  24,  1813,  after  previous  preparation,  com- 
muned. 


1.  Heinrich  Traxel 

2.  Sarah,   his  wife 

3.  Andreas  Graber 

4.  Anna,  his  wife 

5.  Andreas,  his  son 

6.  Maria,  his  daughter 

7.  Anna   Blank 

8.  Michel  Rautebusch 

9.  Anna  Maria,  his  wife 

10.  Conrad  Hillegas,  Sr. 

11.  Maria  Margaretha,  his  wife 

12.  Samuel  Roder 

13.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 


14.  Susanna  VVelker 

15.  Margaretha,  her  sister 

16.  Johannes  Mack 

17.  Conrad   McNolty 

18.  Daniel  Christman 

19.  Joseph  Wiegner 

20.  Michel  Gery 

21.  Jacob  McNolt\- 

22.  Heinrich  Moll 

23.  Heinrich  Miiller 

24.  George  Miiller 

25.  Abraham  Levi 

26.  Eva,  his  wife 


New  Goshenhoppen — Vol.  II.     Communicants    381 


27.  Susanna   Schmidt 

28.  Maria  Gilbert 

29.  Elisabeth  Reifschneider 

30.  Cath.  Althaus 

31.  Marg.  Hillegas 

32.  Barbara  Longenecker 

33.  Elis.  Willauer 

34.  Margr.  Wiegner 

35.  Sara  Krenner 


36.  Susanna   Geri 

37.  Christina  Sechler 

38.  Elisabeth  Walter 
Sara  Mack 
Mar.  Walter 
Margareta  Maurer 
Elisabeth  Oel 
Ego  [V.  D.  Sloot] 
Sara   Sell 


Names  of  those  who  on  April  9,  1814,  attended  preparatory  services  and 
on  the  loth,  on  Easter  Day,  the  Lord's  Supper. 


1.  Jacob  Welker  31. 

2.  Andreas  Graber  32. 

3.  John,  his  son  33. 

4.  Philip  Christman  34. 

5.  Margareta,  his  wife  35. 

6.  Daniel,  his  son  36. 

7.  Heinrich  Traxel  37. 

8.  Sara,   his   wife  38. 

9.  Peter  Fink  39. 

10.  Magdalena,  his  daughter  40. 

11.  Elisabeth,  his  daughter  41. 

12.  Michael  Jung  42. 

13.  Catharina,  his  wife  43. 

14.  Johann  Geier  44. 

15.  Georg  Maurer  45. 

16.  Catharina,  his  wife  46. 

17.  Heinrich  Pannebecker  47. 
i8.  sSusanna,  his  wife  48. 

19.  Michel  Moll  49. 

20.  Adam  Miiller  50. 

21.  Adam,  his  son  51. 

22.  Heinrich,  his  son  52. 

23.  Georg,  his  son  53. 

24.  John  Roder  54. 

25.  Magdalena,  his  wife  55. 

26.  Jacob  Hillegas  56. 

27.  Rosina,  his  wife  57. 

28.  Anna,  his  sister  58. 

29.  Friedrich  Hillegas,   Sr.  59. 

30.  Anna,  his  wife  60. 


Alexander  Oel 
Wilhelm,  his  son 
Elias  Hirsch 
Elias,   his  son 
Jacob  Gery 
Elisabeth,   his  wife 
Elisabeth,  his  daughter 
Jacob  Huber 
Christina,  his  wife 
Jacob,  his  son 
Catharina,  his  daughter 
Andreas  Jung 
Elisabeth,  his  wife 
Michel   Huber 
Jacob  Huber 
Elisabeth,  his  wife 
Daniel  Roder 
Catharina,   his  sister 
Heinrich  Roder 
Peter  Hillegas 
Johann   Georg  Hillegas 
Maria,  his  wife 
John  Gery 
Lorenz  Kern 
Michel  Moll 
Nathan  Moll 
Jacob  Moll 
Jacob  Sechler 
Georg  Walter 
Johann  Walter 


26 


382 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


6i.  Samuel   Fried  . 

62.  George  Gery 

63.  Heinrich  Schneider 

64.  Isaac  Hergel   (  ?) 

65.  Maria  Hillegas 

66.  Maria  Ried 

67.  Hanna  Dottre    (?) 

68.  Sus.  McNolty 

69.  Maria  Keppler 

70.  Salome  Nuss 


Sus.  Dimig 
Magd.  McNolty 
Maria  Lang 
Eva  Kern 
Christina  Graber 
Elisabeth  Schneider 

77.  Ego   [V.  d.   Sloot] 

78.  Elisabeth   Meng 

79.  John   Hillegas 

80.  Heinr.   Sperr 


On  September  25,  1814,  the  following  persons  communed: 


1.  Marg.  Christman  28. 

2.  Catharina  Christman  29. 

3.  Elisabeth  Traxel  30. 

4.  John  Gery  3i- 

5.  Susanna,  his  wife  32. 

6.  Karl,  his  son  33- 

7.  Anna,  his  daughter  34- 

8.  Alex.  Oel  35- 

9.  Magdalena,  his  daughter  36. 

10.  Georg  Wiegner  37- 

11.  Susanna,  his  wife  38- 

12.  John  Wiegner  39- 

13.  Elisabeth,  his  daughter  4°- 

14.  Susanna  Weiss  4i- 

15.  John  Gery  42- 

16.  Catharina,  his  wife  43- 

17.  Daniel  Staut  44- 

18.  Michel,  his  brother  45- 

19.  Catharina,  his  sister  46- 

20.  John  Hillegas  47- 

21.  Catharina,  his  wife  4^' 

22.  Heinrich  Freyer  49' 

23.  Magdalena,  his  wife  5° 

24.  Michel  Hillegas  S^ 

25.  Anna  Margaretha,  his  wife  (?)        52 

26.  Georg  Hillegas  53 

27.  Adam  Bosserf 


Johannes  Schlicher 
Maria,  his  wife 
Jacob  Hillegas 
Peter  Levi 

Sara  Levi 
Andreas  Fink 

Michel  Frey 

John  Barret 

Magd.  Steinman 

Maria  Willauer 

Maria  Klein 

Catharina  Lutz 

Margaretha  Fink 

Elisabeth  Lutz 

Elisabeth  Barret 

Ego,  Von  der  Sloot 

Catharina  Van  der  Sloot 

Elisabetha  Gotz 

Susanna   Schmidt 

Maria  Reiter 

Elis.  Klein 

Maria  Adam 
,  Judith  Grosskopf 
,  Heinrich  Hirsch 
.  Margaretha  Levi 
.  Cathar.  Raut 


New  Goshenhoppen—VoL  II.     Communicants    2>^z 

On  the  first  of  April,  1815,  the  following  persons  attended  the  prepara- 
tory services  and  on  the  second  the  Lord's  Supper: 


2 
3 
4' 
5- 
6. 

7- 
8. 

9- 
10. 
rr. 
12. 

13- 
14. 

15- 
16. 

17- 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22 

23 
24 

25, 
26, 

27- 
28. 
29. 
30. 
31- 
32. 

33- 
34- 
35- 
36. 
37. 
38. 

39- 
40. 


Philip   Christman 
Margareta,  his  wife 
Daniel,  his  own 
Andreas  Graber 
John,  his  son 
Jacob  Barret 
Rachel,  his  wife 
Heinrich  Pannebecker 
Susanna,  his  wife 
Jacob  Huber 
Christina,  his  wife 
Jacob,   his  son 
Heinrich  Rochoe 
Catharina,  his  daughter 
John   Hillegas 
Heinrich  Schlicher 
Christina,  his  wife 
John  Roder 
Oeorg  Graber 
Michel  Jung 
Catharina,  his  daughter 
.  Elisabeth,   his   daughter 
.  Susanna,   his   daughter 
Andreas  Graber 
Anna,  his  wife 
Elisabeth,   his   daughter 
George  Hillegas 
Maria,   his  wife 
Jacob  Hillegas 
Rosina,  his  wife 
Anna,  his  daughter 
Jacob  Frey 
John  Roder 
Magdalena,   his  wife 
Cath.  Roth 
Isaac  Reifschneider 
Elisabeth,  his  wife 
Samuel  Roder 
Elisabeth,  his  wife 
Andreas  Jung 


41 

42 
43 
44 
45' 
46, 

47- 
48. 

49- 
50. 

51- 
52. 
53- 
54- 
55- 
56. 

57- 
58. 

59- 
60. 
61. 
62. 
63. 
64. 
65. 
66. 
67. 
68. 
69. 
70. 

71- 

72. 

73. 

74- 

75 

76 

77' 

78. 

79- 

80. 


Elisabeth,  his  wife 
Jacob  Griesemer 
Susanna,  his  wife 
Mattheus  Rummel 
Elisabeth,  his  wife 
Samuel   Gery 
Susanna,  his  wife 
Michel   Wiegand 
Peter  Hillegas 
Mar.  Hillegas 
Friedr.  Hillegas 
Jonathan  Griesemer 
Peter  Kolb 
Daniel  Sasseman 
Jacob  Fink 
Michel  Raut 
Catharina,  his  sister 
Philip  Renner 
Daniel  Christman 
John  Gery 
Samuel  McNoldy 
Jacob,  his  brother 
John  Welker 
Margaret,   his  sister 
Henrich  Schneider 
Michel  Geri 
Henrich  Roder 
Georg  Hillegas 
Gottfried  Coisler 
Eva,  his  wife 
Henrich  Hirsch 
John   Sussholz 
Magdalena   Dettweiler 
Magdalena  Walter 
Christian  Graber 
Anna  Maria  Lang 
Elisabeth   Graber 
Barabara  Sell 
Salome,  his  daughter 
Elisabeth,   his   daughter 


384 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


8i.  Magdalena  Heilig 

82.  Christina  Schad 

83.  Magdalena  Schmidt 

84.  Elisabeth  Gerjel 

85.  Salome  Graber 

86.  Maria  Christman 

87.  Salome  Levi 

88.  Margaretha  Hillegas 

89.  Catharina  Thiel 

90.  Margaretha   Maurer 

91.  Elisabetha  Schneider 


The  following  were  confirmed: 

Boys: 

1.  Carl  Levi,  aged  16^  years 

2.  Samuel      Dorwarth,      aged      18 

years 

3.  Carl  Foster,  aged  15  years 

4.  Jesse  McNoldy,  aged  155^  years 

5.  Jacob  Schneider,  aged   17  jears 

6.  Philip   Bossert,   aged    17   years 

7.  Carl  Hillegas,  aged   16  years 

8.  Daniel  Diirr,  aged   16  years 

9.  Samuel  Diirr,  aged  18  years 

10.  David  Eberhard,  aged  17  years 

11.  Joseph    Rotburger,     aged     15^ 

years 

12.  John   Sell,  aged   i8'/2  years 

13.  Heinrich   Sell,   aged   16  years 

14.  Edw,   E.   \V.    Francis,   aged    16 

years 

15.  John  Rochon,  aged  16J/2  years 

16.  Will.  Rochon,   aged   15 5^  years 

17.  John  Moll,  aged  17  years 

18.  Joseph  Diez,   aged   17  years 

19.  Henrich  Rudolph,  aged  16  years 

20.  George  Ott,  aged  20  years 

21.  Jerem.  Rochon,  aged  17  years 

22.  George     Mumbauer,     a^^ed     16 

years 


Total, 


92.  Marg.  Wannemacher 

93.  Christina,  her  sister 

94.  Susanna  Geri 

95.  Salome  Nuss 

96.  Elisab.  Geri 

97.  Philip  Ried,  Esq. 

98.  Ego  [V.  D.  Sloot] 

99.  Marg  Ried 
100.  Marg.  Bossert 
loi.  Henrich  Ruh   (?) 
102.  Marg.  Levi 


Girls: 

1.  Catharina    Schneider,    aged    16 

years 

2.  Eva   Graber,   aged   iS  years 

3.  Mar.  Graber,  aged  16  years 

4.  Mar.  Hillegas,  aged  14]^  years 

5.  Christina  Graber,  aged  16  years 

6.  Maria  Zeress,  aged  16  years 

7.  Maria  Jackson,  aged   15  years 

8.  Sara  Wisler,  aged  15^2  years 

9.  Lydia  Heering,  aged   18  years 

10.  Susanna      Stabler,      aged     is^-^ 

years 

11.  Maria  Huber,   aged   17  years 

12.  Cath.  Schwenk,  aged  i5/4  years' 

13.  Sara   Huber,   aged    16   years 

14.  Maria     Steinman,     aged     15^ 

years 

15.  Marg.  Jung,   aged   15   years 

16.  Cath.  Freyer,  aged  isYz  years 

17.  Mar.  Seyfert,  aged   16  years 

18.  Veronica  Walter,  aged  16  years 

19.  Elis.  Wiant,   aged    15^^   years 

20.  Elis.  Espich,  aged  17  years 

21.  Marg.  Ache,  aged  15  years 

22.  Elis.  Kirschner,  aged   15  years 

23.  Cath.  Scholl,   aged   16  years 

24.  Elis.  Sechler,   aged   19  years 

25.  Christian  Neiss,  aged  16  years 

149 


CHURCH  RECORD  OF  THE  OLD  GOSHENHOPPEN 

REFORMED  CONGREGATION,  UPPER  SALFORD 

TOWNSHIP,  MONTGOMERY  COUNTY,  PA., 

1764-1833. 

Translated  and  Edited  by 
Prof.  William  J.  Hinke,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

Church  Record  for  the  Reformed  Congregation 
in  Old  Goshenhoppen, 

in  which  are  recorded  the  names  of  the  children  who  were  reported,  as  was 
announced  by  me,  Jacob  Riess,  pastor,  and  were  baptized  by  me  during 
my  ministry  up  to  the  year  1766.  In  this  book  other  necessary  church 
matters  may  be  entered.  Elders  at  this  time:  Jacob  Hauck,  Johannes  Gotz; 
deacons:  Isaac  Sumne,  Andreas  Ohl. 
Members  of  the  congregation  as  follows: 


Gabriel    Schuler 
Peter  Hollebusch 
Johannes  Faust 
Johannes  Kraus 
Nicklas  Wolfahrt 
Fridrig  Gotz 
Christoflel  Dickeschit 


Henrich  Bamberger 
Henrich  Hiister 
Jacob  Iset 
Samuel   Schuler 
Wilhelm  Schuler 
Johannes  Muck 
Christian    Hollebusch 


[I.    BAPTISMS  ENTERED  BY  JACOB  RIESS,  1762-1766.] 

1765,  Jan.  22,  a  son  was  born  to  Johannes  Muck,  named  Johannes  in  Holy 

Baptism.     Witnesses,  Martin  Reyer  and  his  wife. 
^765,  July  6,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Georg  Kugler,  named  Mary  Gretha 

in  Holy  Baptism.     Witnesses,  Henrich  Bamberger  and  his  wife. 
1764,  June  5,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Isaac  Sumne  and  his  wife,  named 

Magdalena  in  Holy  Baptism.     Witnesses,  Conrad  Bien  and  his  wife. 

385 


386  Cliurch  Records   of  Goshcnlioppen 

i757>  J"b'  25,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Jonhannes  Goetz,  named  Elizabeth 
in  baptism.     Witnesses,  Bernhart  Goetz  and  Elisabeth  Goetz. 

1758,  December  4,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Johannes  Goetz,  named  Marga- 
retha  in  baptism.     Witnesses,  Johann  Goerg  Ziegenfuss  and  his  wife. 

1760,  January  24,  a  son  was  born  to  Johannes  Goetz,  named  Georg  Frid- 
rich  in  baptism.     Witnesses,  Friedrich  Wambold  and  his  wife. 

1762,  July  7,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Johannes  Goetz,  named  Anna  Maria 
in  baptism.     Witnesses,  Matthias  Walter  and  his  wife. 

1764,  June  19,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Johannes  Goetz,  named  Christina 
in  baptism.     Witnesses,  Fridrich  Goetz  and  his  wife. 

1766,  March  15,  a  daughter  was  born  to  Johannes  Goetz,  named  Elisa  Bar- 
bara in  baptism.     Witnesses,  Volatin  Hag  and  Elisa  Barbara  Bossert. 

[II.    BAPTISMS    ENTERED   BY   REV.   JOHN   THEOBALD    FABER, 

1766-1779.} 

Reformed  Church  Record  for  the  members  of  the  congregation   in   Old 

Goshenhoppen,  in  which  were  recorded  by  me,  John  Theobald   Faber,   in 

the  year   1766,  not  only  the  names  of  those   who  were  baptized,  but  also 

those  who  died  and  those  who  were  married  by  me. 
Children  who  were  baptized  by  me  in  the  year  1766. 

1766,  Nov.  26,  born  Eva  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Michael  Alt.  Witnesses, 
Andreas  Ohl  and  his  wife. 

1766,  Oct.  20,  born  Andreas,  son  of  Peter  Weyand.     Witness,  Andreas  Ohl. 

1766,  Dec.  12,  born  Johannes  Petrus,  son  of  Georg  Mayer.  Witnesses, 
Peter  Gavel  [Gabel]   and  wife. 

1766,  Sept.  16,  born  Maria  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Jacob  Schmidt.  Wit- 
nesses, Henrich  Bayer  and  his  wife. 

1766,  Nov.  28,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Ulrich  Streib.  Witnesses, 
Conrad  Boyer  and  Miss  Swenck. 

1767,  Jan.  21,  born  son  of  Jacob  Iset.     Witnesses,  Henrich  Bayer  and  wife. 
1767,  Jan.  21,  born  Andreas,  son  of  Henrich  Werner.     Witnesses,  Andreas 

Werner  and  wife. 
1766,   Nov.   6,   born    Susanna,   daughter   of   Gerhard    Strieker.     Witnesses, 
Jacob  Hartenstein  and  Catarina  Klein. 

1766.  Dec.  5,  born  Hanna,  daughter  of  Georg  Hertzel.  Witnesses,  Philip 
Hahn  and  wife. 

1767,  Febr.  11,  born  Susanna,  daughter  of  Friedrich  Ducckenschueth. 
Witness,  Susanna  Dueckenschueth. 

1767,  March  6,  born  Maria,  daughter  of  Johann  Martin  Wer.  Witnesses, 
Christian  HoUenbusch  and  wife. 

1767,  March  6,  born  Johannes  Georgus,  son  of  Lenert  Grisinger.  Wit- 
nesses, Johann  Georg  Gauckler  and   Margaretha  Schmid. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms  387 

1767,  March  7,  born  Eva  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Daniel  Kaiser.  Wit- 
nesses, Bernt  Goetz  and  wife. 

1767,  April  17,  a  negro  was  baptized  named  Wilhelm.  Witness,  Mr. 
Hollenbusch. 

1767,  April  18,  Mrs.  Kan  was  baptized.  Witnesses:  Daniel  Hiester  and 
wife.     The  name  Maria  was  given  to  her. 

1767,   Jan.    17,  born   Conradus,   son   of  Johannes   Hudt.     Witnesses,   Com- 

radus  Zimmermann  and  wife. 

1767,  April  24,  born  Henrich,  son  of  Henrich  Hertzel.  Witnesses,  Peter 
Bater  and  his  wife. 

1767,  April  9,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Andreas  Ohl.  Witnesses, 
Daniel  Hister  and  wife. 

1767,  April  30,  born  Johannes,  daughter  of  Peter  Loch.  Witnesses,  Jo- 
hannes Loch  and  wife. 

1767,  April  4,  born  Jost  Friedrich,  son  of  Friedrich  Andreas.  Witnesses, 
Jost  Friedrich  and  his  wife. 

1767,  June  12,  born  Jacob,  son  of  Henrich  Borlemann.  Witnesses,  Jacob 
Detweiler  and  wife. 

1767.  ,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Johannes  Nais  [Nice].     Witnesses,  

1767,  June  8,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Johannes  Miller.     Witnesses,  

1767,  July  12,  born  Johann  Jacob,  son  of  Ulrich  Hertzel.  Witnesses, 
Ulrich  Hertzel  and  wife. 

1767,  July  15,  born  Salome,  daughter  of  Christian  Hildebeutel.  Witnesses, 
Salome  Gerges  and  Adam  Hildebeutel. 

1767,  Oct.  18,  born  Conrad,  son  of  Peter  Miner.  Witnesses,  Conrad 
Geise  and  wife. 

1767,  Dec.  2,  born  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Michael  Spielmann.  Wit- 
nesses, Margaretha  Wertz  and  son  of  Adam  Bossert. 

1768,  Jan.  14,  born  Philip,  son  of  Christian  Reiff.  Witnesses,  Philip 
Gabel  and  wife. 

1767,  Nov.  27,  born  Johannes  Georg,  son  of  Peter  Becker.  Witnesses, 
Georg  Lenert  Krisinger  and  wife. 

1767,  Dec.  6,  born  Joh.  Henrich,  son  of  Joh.  Leh.  Witnesses,  Joh.  Ried 
and  wife. 

1768,  Febr.  19,  born  Maria,  daughter  of  Henrich  Huhl.  Witness,  Mrs. 
Norbeck. 

1768,  March  8,  born  Maria  Christina,  daughter  of  Henrich  Werner.  Wit- 
nesses, Wilhelm  Bayer  and  wife. 

1768,  Jan.  I,  born  Henrich,  son  of  Johannes  Frey.  Witnesses,  Caspar 
Gann  and  wife. 

1768,  Dec.  16,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Michael  Groll.  Witness, 
Elisabetha  Wentz, 


388  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1768,  April  9,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Job.  Muck.  Witnesses,  Adam 
Bossert  and  wife. 

1767,  July  30,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Job.  Mainer.  Witnesses,  Job. 
Muck  and  wife, 

1768,  April  16,  born  Maria,  daughter  of  David  Geri.  Witnesses,  Joliann 
Georg  Brey  and  wife. 

1768,  March  ii,  born  Anna  Sara,  daughter  of  Adam  Scheffer.  Witnesses, 
Job.  Ciein  and  Sara  Dan. 

1768,  March  7,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Job.  Goetz.  Witnesses,  father 
and  mother. 

1768,  May  22,  born  Christina,  daughter  of  Lenert  Loss  (a  negro).  Wit- 
nesses, Lenert  Schneider  and  wife. 

1768,  Febr.  28,  born  Joseph,  son  of  Batin  (a  negro).  Witness,  Bastian 
Niel  and  Elisabetha  Naiss. 

1767,  Nov.  8,  born  Georg,  son  of  Georg  Lortz.  Witnesses,  Georg  Hertzel 
and  wife. 

1768,  Febr.  7,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Job.  Georg  Lortz.  Witness, 
Catharina  Wambolt. 

1768,  March  12,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Conrad  Cantzlert.  Wit- 
nesses, Jost  Keller  and  wife. 

1768,  July  30,  born  Maria  Christiana,  daughter  of  Georg  Mayer.  Wit- 
nesses, Wilhelm  Bayer  and  wife. 

1768,  July  24,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Nicolaus  Wolfart.  Witnesses,  Job. 
Jost  and  wife  from  Falkner  Swamp. 

1768,  Aug.  7,  born  Jacob,  son  of  Ludvvig  Herscb.  Witnesses,  Jacob  Taub 
and  Anna  Margretha  Zimmermann. 

1768,  Sept.  14,  born  Job.  Adam,  son  of  Conrad  Rickhart.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Adam  Hollenbush  and  wife. 

1768, ,  born ,  daughter  of Wormen.     Witness,  Warmke, 

a  widow. 

1768,  Nov.  5,  born  Susanna,  daughter  of  Hister  Damm.  Witness,  Susanna 
Walter. 

1768,  Dec.  14,  born  Philip,  son  of  Philip  Bayer.     Witness,  Peter  Haust  (?) 

1768,  Nov.  30,  born  Margreta,  daughter  of  Henrich  Schneider.  Witnesses, 
Isaac  Sommi  and  wife. 

1769,  Jan.  24,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Bernhard  Goetz.  Witness, 
wife  of  Johannes  Muck. 

1769,  Jan.  23,  born  Joh.  Philip  and  Johannes  Georg,  sons  of  Georg  Bub. 

Witnesses,  

1769,   Jan.    12,   born   Johannes,   son    of   Jacobus   Liethel.     Witness,   Antoni 

Liethel. 
1769,  Jan.  5,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Antoni  Lichtcl.     Witnesses,  Joh. 

Muck  and  wife. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms  389 

1769,    Febr.    2,    born    Johannes,    son    of    Fried.    Dickenschied.     Witnesses, 

Christopfer  Dickenschied  and  wife. 
1769.  Jan.  27,  born  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Henrich  Hertzel.     Witnesses 

Phihp  Mais  and  Margretha  Hertzel. 
1769,  Jan.  19,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Adam  Stall.     Witnesses,  Marx 

Hertzel  and  wife. 
1769,  Febr.  14,  born  Anna  Christina,  daughter  of  Carl  Doerr.     Witnesses 

Hennch  Loppel  and  wife.  ' 

1769,  April   19,  born  Elisabeth,  daughter  of  Valentin   Haack.     Witnesses 

Bernhard  Goetz  and  wife.  ' 

1769,  May  2,  born  Maria  Susanna,  daughter  of  Henrich  von  Huhl.     Wit- 
nesses, Abraham  Wolfart  and  Maria  Schwartz. 
1769,  May  8,  born  Joh.,  son  of  Joh.   Hudt.     Witnesses,  KilHan  Zimmer- 

mann  and  wife. 
1769,  May  12,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Peter  Loch.     Witnesses    Jacob 

Unterkafler  and  Elisabeth  Merkels. 
1769,  April  13,  born  Sara,  daughter  of  Michael  Groll.     Witnesses,  Jacob 

Wentz  and  wife  Elisabetha. 

1769,  May  26,  born  Bastian,  son  of  Bastian  Haupt.     Witnesses:  father  and 
mother. 

1769,  March  13,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Salomon  Gromly.  Witnesses  Joh. 
Herrger  and  wife.  ' 

1768,  May  2,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Ludwig  Reimer.  Witnesses 
Salomon  Gromly  and  wife.  Father  and  mother  live  in  Falkner 
Swamp. 

1769,  June  28,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Conrad  Minig.  Witnesses,  father  and 
mother. 

1769,  July  9.  born  Benjamin,  son  of  Jost  Keller.  Witnesses,  the  father 
himself. 

1769.  June  12,  born  Joh.  Georgus,  son  of  Georg  Hertzel.     Witnesses,  Ulrich 

Hertzel  and  wife. 
1769,   June    30,    born   Anna    Maria,    daughter   of   Jacob    Graff.     Witness, 

Anna  Maria  Lichtel. 
1769,  July  16,  born  Wilhelm,  son  of  Henrich   Werner.     Witnesses,  Wil- 

helm  Bayer  and  wife. 
1769,  Aug.  7,  born  Daniel,  son  of  Joh.  Mueller.     Witnesses,  Daniel  Hiester 

and  Elisabeth  Schneider. 
1769,    June    20,    born    Catharina,    daughter   of    Fried.    Andreas.     Witness, 

Ludwig  Hering's  wife,  a  widow. 
1769,  Oct.  I,  born  Susanna,  daughter  of  Andreas  OhI.     Witnesses,  Erhard 

Weis  and  wife. 
1769,  Sept.  3,  born  Joh.  Philip,  son  of  Marx  Hertzel.     Witnesses,  Philip 

Nais  and  Margaretha  Hertzel. 


390  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1769,  Aug.  30,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Martin  Liethel.  Witnesses, 
Martin  Bauer  and  wife. 

1769,  Sept.  7,  born  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Henrich  Hollebusch.  Wit- 
nesses, Jost  Hollebusch  and  Magdalena  Schillig. 

1769,  Oct.  29,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Wilhelm  Bayer.  Witnesses,  Valentin 
Bayer  and  wife. 

1769,  Nov.  20,  born  Sophia,  daughter  of  Henrich  Kuppelberger.  Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Hiester  and  Sophia  Jung. 

1769,  Nov.  13,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Joh.  Hildebeutel.  Witnesses,  Georg 
Derr  and  wife. 

1770,  Jan.  31,  born  Joh.  Georg  Michael,  son  of  Georg  Michael  Schwartz. 
Witnesses,  Joh.  Hudt  and  wife. 

1770,  Jan.  6,  born  Susanna  Barbara,  daughter  of  Georg  Mayer.  Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Petrus  Gabel  and  wife. 

1770,  March  18,  born  Maria  Catharina,  daughter  of  Andreas  Werner. 
Witnesses,  Joh.  Jung  and  Maria  Cath.  Menger. 

1770,  Febr.  4,  born  Anna  Catharina,  daughter  of  Andreas  Weitman.  Wit- 
nesses, Martin  Lichtel  and  wife. 

1770,  March  20,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Abraham  Koebler.  Witnesses, 
Johannes  Koebler  and  wife. 

1770,  Dec.  28,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Georg  Draxel.  Witnesses,  Johannes 
Koebler  and  Avife. 

1770,  March  13,  born  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Ulrich  Hertzel.  Witnesses, 
Margaretha  Hertzel  and  Philip  Fischer. 

1770,  April  13,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Conrad  Worman.  Witness,  the 
father  himself. 

1770,  April  9,  born  Maria  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Peter  Becker.  Wit- 
nesses Georg  Dill  and  wife. 

1770,  July  31,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Valedin  Hog.  Witnesses,  Johannes 
Goetz  and  wife. 

1770,  Aug.  16,  born  Maria  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Conrad  Steiner.  Wit- 
nesses, Zacharias  Nais  and  wife. 

1770,  Aug.  24,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Michael  Groll.  Witness, 
Catharina  Wentz. 

1770,  Oct.  17,  born  Henricus,  son  of  Conrad  RIckart.  Witnesses,  Henrich 
Hollebusch  and  wife. 

1770,  Nov.  14,  born  Joh.  Georgus,  son  of  Petrus  Loch.  Witnesses,  Georg 
Weickart  and  wife. 

1771,  Jan.  27,  born  Joh.  Georgus,  son  of  Marx  Hertzel.  Witness,  Joh. 
Georg  Hertzel. 

1770,  Dec.  14,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Henrich  Hollebusch.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Hartenstein  and  Magdalena  Hollebusch. 


Old  Gosheuhoppeu — Baptisms  391 

1770,   Nov.  20,  born   Elisabetha,  daughter   of   Christian  ReiflF.     Witnesses, 

Johannes  Namgesser  and  Elisabetha  Gauckler. 
1770,  Dec.  31,  born  Johann  Philippus,  son  of  Paul  Hoffmann.     Witnesses, 

Philip  Fischer  and  Elisabetha  Soger. 

1770,  Dec.  21,  born  Henricus,  son  of  Henrich  Dietz.  Witness,  the  father 
himself. 

1771,  March  19,  born  David,  son  of  Friederich  Dickenschiedt.  Witnesses, 
David  Scheib  and  wife. 

1770,  Sept.  7,  born  Friedericus,  son  of  Joseph  Mueller.  Witnesses,  Fried- 
rich  Dickenschiedt  and  wife. 

1771,  Febr.  11,  born  Joh.  Georgus,  son  of  Ludwig  Mayer.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Georg  Weitmann   and  wife. 

1771,  Febr.  18,  born  Christina  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Leonhart  Koff. 
Witnesses,  Joh.  Nicolaus  Eitel  Mueller  and  wife. 

1771,  April  24,  born  Maria  Barbara,  daughter  of  Antoni  Lichtel.  Wit- 
nesses, Dieterich  Reier  and  Barbara  Muck. 

1771,  March  24,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Hermann  Ache.  Witness,  the 
father  himself. 

1771,  June  9,  born  Susanna,  daughter  of  Wilhelm  Panebecker.  Witnesses, 
father  and  mother. 

1771,  July  13,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Henrich  Daub.  Witnesses, 
Nicolaus  Wolfart  and  wife. 

1771,  May  2,  born  two  children  to  Salomon  Grimli,  the  one  named  Salo- 
mon, his  witnesses,  Jacob  Klein  and  wife ;  the  other  named  Maria 
Magdalena,  her  witnesses,  Georg  Worman  and  Maria  Wagner. 

1770,  Sept.  29,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Conrad  Minig.  Witness,  the 
mother  herself. 

177I1  Jwne  9,  born  Abraham,  son  of  Conrad  Worman.  Witness,  the  father 
himself. 

1771,  Aug.  18,  born  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Georg  Weitman.  Witness, 
Jacob  Unerkofler  and  wife 

1771,  Aug.  2,  born  Joh.  Jacobus,  son  of  Martin  Lichtel.     Witnesses,  Matheus 

Kern  and  wife. 
1771,  Aug.  22,  born  Maria  Barbara,  daughter  of  Peter  Faust.     Witnesses, 

Johann  Hut  and  wife. 
1771,  Aug.  12,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Andreas  Werner.     Witnesses, 

Ben  Schuler  and  Catharina  Minger. 
1 771,  Nov.  3,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Georg  Henrich  Schneider.     Witnesses, 

Joh.  Numgasser  and  Margaretha  Sommi. 
1771,  Aug.  21,  born  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Joh.  Hiltebeutel.     Witness, 

Anna  Maria  Hiltebeutel. 
1771,    Nov.   29,   born   Anna   Maria,    daughter   of   Joh.    Hudt.     Witnesses, 

Andreas  Riedt  and  wife. 


392  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1771,  Nov.  12,  born  Michael,  son  of  a  negro,  named  Thomas.  Witnesses, 
Michael  Eiten  Miiller,  Jr.,  and  Margarcta  Somni 

1771,  Nov.  17,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Daniel  Kreiter.  Witnesses,  Henrich 
Sander  and  wife. 

1772,  Jan.  20,  born  Maria  Barbara,  daughter  of  Adam  Faust.  Witness, 
Maria  Barbara  Hut. 

1772,  March  5,  born  Joh.  Georgus,  son  of  Georg  Mayer.  Witnesses,  Hen- 
rich  Werner  and  wife. 

1772,  March  13,  born  Joh.  Nicolaus,  son  of  Andreas  Ohl.  Witnesses, 
Andreas  Werck  and  wife. 

1772,  Fcbr.  17,  born  Joh.  Petrus,  son  of  Peter  Maenner.  Witnesses,  Erhart 
Weiss  and  wife. 

1771,  Dec.  27,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Jacob  Mayer.  Witnesses, 
Bernt  Eitel  and  wife. 

1772,  Jan.  14,  born  Anna,  daughter  of  Michael  Groll.  Witnesses,  Maria 
Elisabetha  Wentz. 

1772,  July  6,  born  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Joh.  Reinert.     Witnesses,  Georg 

Weickart  and  wife. 
1772,   Oct.  4,  born  Joh.  Petrus,  son  of  Isaac  Horneker.     Witnesses,   Peter 

Mathias  and  Catarina  Ncs. 
1772,    Oct.   4,   born   Joh.    Petrus,   son    of    Henrich    Hollebusch.     Witnesses, 

Peter  Hollebusch  and   Margareta   Hollebusch. 
1772,    Sept.    29,   born    Michael,    son    of   Peter   Stroh.     Witness,    the   father 

himself. 
1772,   Oct.   15,   born   Susanna,   daughter  of  Peter   Loch.     Witnesses,   Elisa- 
beth Unterkofler  and  Jacob  Weitman. 
1772,  Oct.  19,  born  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Conrad  Rickart.     Witnesses, 

Philippina  Hollebusch  and  Henrich  Ziegler. 
1772,  Nov.  8,  born  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Adam  Faust.     Witness,  Anna 

Maria  Faust. 
1772,  Sept.  6,  born   Daniel,  son  of  Joh.   Faust.     Witnesses,   David  Hiestcr 

and  wife. 
1772,  Sept.  6,  born  Joh.  Petrus,  son  of  Philip  Jacob  Eckel.     Witnesses,  Joh. 

Petrus  Stroh  and  wife. 
1772,  July  28,   born   Catharina,   daughter   of   Valentin   Haack.     Witnesses, 

Henrich  Rorich  and  Catharina  Lemer. 
1772,  Nov.  25,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Schuler.     Witnesses, 

Gabriel  Schuler  and  Sophia  Werner. 

1772,  Dec.  13,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Bernhart  Goetz.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Muck  and  wife. 

1773,  Jan.  22,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Joseph  Eckli.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Zep  and  wife. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms  393 

i773i  Jan-  22,  born  Johann  Wilhelm,  son  of  Stoffel  Brickert.  Witnesses, 
Wilh.  Brickert  and  Marg.  Somni. 

^773>  Jan-  2,  born  Comradus,  son  of  Conrad  Worman.  Witness,  the  father 
himself. 

1773,  March  20,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Fried.  Dickenschiedt.  Witnesses, 
Jacob  Scheib  and  Elisabetha  Sieh. 

1773,  April  3,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Christian  Reif.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Braun  and  wife. 

1773,  Febr.  2,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Fried.  Rudi.     Witnesses,  the  parents. 

1773,  June  17,  born  Anna  Marg.,  daughter  of  Georg  Moyer.  Witnesses, 
Anton  Hamscher  and  wife. 

1773,  March  24,  born  Joh.  Philippus,  son  of  Peter  Maenner.  Witnesses, 
Philip  Weis  and  Marg.  Panebecker. 

1773,  June  9,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Henrich  Werner.  Witnesses, 
Johann  Jost  and  wife. 

1773,  June  29,  born  Philip  Jacobus,  son  of  Georg  Reinheimer.  Witnesses, 
Philip  Jacob  Schmidt  and  wife. 

1773,  May  21,  born  two  children  to  Adam  Hiltebeutel,  the  one  named 
Johannes,  the  other  Daniel.  Witnesses  were  Johannes  Hiltebeutel  and 
wife;  for  the  other  the  father  himself. 

1773,  July  11,  born  Abraham,  son  of  Johann  Hiltebeutel.  Witnesses,  Abra- 
ham Gerkes  and  Cath.  Beyer. 

1773,  Aug.  3,  born  Cath.  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Henrich  Hemsing.  Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Zep  and  wife. 

1773,  Nov.  9,  born  Anna  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Ludwig  Mayer.  Wit- 
nesses, Abraham  Gerhart  and  wife. 

'773.  Sept.  29,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Michael  Groll.  Witnesses,  Jacob 
Wentz  and  wife. 

1773,  Dec.  2,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Benjamin  Schuler.  Witnesses,  Jo- 
hannes Schuler  and  Catharina  Gaukler. 

1773,  Dec.  2,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Joh.  Hudt.  Witnesses,  Erhart 
Weis  and  wife. 

1774,  Jan.  25,  born  Paulus,  son  of  Paul  Hoffmann.  Witnesses,  the  parents 
themselves. 

1774,  Jan.  30,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Andreas  Werner.  Witnesses,  Jo- 
hannes Schuler  and  Sophia  Werner. 

1774,  April  15,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Andreas  Ohl.  Witnesses, 
Michael  Ohl  and  wife. 

1774,  Febr.  24,  born  Cath.  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Martin  Lichtel.  Wit- 
nesses, Jacob  Wettman  and  Catharina  Hud. 

1774,  March  7,  born  Anna,  daughter  of  Simon  Contzler  (negro  of  Mr. 
Hister).     Witnesses,  Jost  Martin  and  wife. 


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1774,  March  11,  born  Christina,  daughter  of  Christian  Scheid.     Witnesses, 

Henrich  Schneider  and  wife. 
^774.  July   iS,  two  children   born   to  Henrich  Ludwig  Dop,  named   Cath. 

Magdalena  and  Maria  Scharlotta.     Witnesses  Jacob  Dartsch  and  wife, 

and  Christian  Scheid  and  wife. 
1774,   May   14,   born   Maria   Elisabetha,   daughter   of  Johann   Hartenstein. 

Witness,  Maria  Hollcbusch. 
1774,    March    17,    born    Anna,   daughter    of    Salomon    Grimli.     Witnesses, 

Samuel  Panebecker  and  wife. 
1774,    June    9,    born    Catharina,    daughter    of    Georg    Henrich    Schneider. 

Witnesses,   Valentin   Schneider   and   Catharina   Somni. 
1774,  July   14,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Adam  Hollebusch.     Witnesses,  Job. 

Henrich  Hollebusch  and  wife. 
1774,  Sept.  25,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Henrich  Hollcbusch.     Witnesses,  Lud- 
wig Hartenstein  and  wife. 

1773,  Dec.  9,  born  Eva,  daughter  of  Johann  Jost  Hollebusch.  Witnesses, 
Jacob  Schmidt  and  wife. 

1774,  Dec.  7,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Johann  Jost  Hollebusch.  Witnesses, 
Jacobus  Boyer  and  Anna  Maria  Hollebusch. 

1774,  Sept.  3,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Christoflel  Brickcrt.  Witnesses,  Val- 
entin Kugler  and  Elis.  Kebler. 

1774,  Oct.  30,  born  Christina,  daughter  of  Ludwig  Hersch.  Witnesses, 
Herrich  Taub  and  wife. 

1774,  Dec.  30,  born  Johann  Friedericus,  son  of  Christian  May.  Witnesses, 
Friedrich  May  and  wife. 

1774,  Oct.  10,  born  Christina,  daughter  of  Henrich  Strohman.  Witnesses, 
the  parents. 

1774,  Dec.  31,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Wilhelm  Antig.  Witnesses, 
Catharina  Hud  and  Johann  Philip  Wcntz. 

1774,  Nov.  24,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Abraham  Schaeffer.  Wit- 
nesses, Philip  Bayer  and  wife. 

1774,  Dec.  17,  born  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Adam  Hiltebeutel.  Wit- 
ness, Anna  Maria  Hiltebeutel. 

i775i  Febr.  3,  born  Fronica  [Veronica],  daughter  of  Johann  Roerig.  Wit- 
nesses, Friedrich  Dickenschid  and  wife. 

i775>  J3n.  28,  born  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Christian  Reif.  Witnesses, 
Johann  Benner  and  wife. 

1775.  J^n-  24,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Conrad  Bickart.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Hiltebeutel  and  wife. 

1775,    May   26,    born    Henrich,    son    of    Henrich    Kopelberger.     Witnesses, 

Henrich  Ohl  and  Catharina  Jung. 
1775.  April  9,  born  Philippus,  son   of   Friedrich  Rudi.     Witnesses,   Philip 

Gabel  and  wife. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms  395 

1775.  July  6,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Abraham  Wolfart.  Witnesses, 
Nicolaus  Wolfart  and  vsife. 

1775,  May  24,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Jacob  Mayer.  Witnesses,  Joh.  Buch 
and  Sophia  Werner. 

^775,  April  i8,  born  Rebeka,  daughter  of  Michael  Groll.  Witness,  Eliza- 
beth Wentz. 

i775>  June  28,  born  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Adam  Faust.  Witnesses, 
Peter  Schreiner  and  wife. 

1775,  Aug.  II,  born  Ludwig,  son  of  Henrich  Hersch.  Witnesses,  Ludvvig 
Lang  and  wife. 

1775,  Aug.  22,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Andreas  Ries.  Witnesses, 
Henrich  Schneider  and  wife. 

1775,  Oct,  7,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Johann  Jacob  Schv.esfort.  Witnesses, 
Joh.  Nais  and  wife. 

1775,  Sept.  4,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Friedrich  Dickenschied.  Wit- 
nesses, Henrich  Killi  and  wife. 

^775.  Sept.  9,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Georg  Mayer.  Witnesses,  Joh.  Nais 
and  wife. 

1775,  Sept.  6,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Henrich  Haas.  Witnesses,  Michael 
Jung  and  wife. 

1775,  Oct.  20,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Johannes  Hiltebeutel.  Wit- 
nesses, Adam  Hiltebeutel  and  wife. 

1776,  Feb.  28,  born  Georg,  son  of  Christoffel  Brickert.  Witnesses,  Georg 
Kessler  and  Cath.  Martin. 

1776,  Jan.  23,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Paul  Hoffman.     Witnesses,  Joh.  Braun 

and  wife. 
1776,  March  13,  born  Albertina  Philipina,  daughter  of  Andreas  Ohl.    W^It- 

nesses,  Nicolaus  Handwerck  and  wife. 
1776,    March    29,   born   Johannes,   son   of   Johann    Eckli.     Witnesses,   Joh. 

Henemann  and  Barbara  Nais. 
1776,  Febr.  16,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Schuler.     Witness, 

Elisabetha  Schuler. 
1776,  April  4,  born  Johann  Henrich,  son  of  Johann  Hartenstein.     Witnesses, 

Henrich  Hollebusch  and  wife. 
1776,  May  18,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Henrich  Hemsing.     Witnesses, 

the  parents  themselves. 
1776,  April  25,  born  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Martin  Lichtel.     Witnesses, 

Jacob  Wagner  and  wife. 
1776,   May   I,   born   Magdalena,   daughter   of   Henrich   Taub.     Witnesses, 

Abraham  Wolfart  and  wife. 
1776,   June    30,    born    Regina,    daughter   of    Georg   Weitman.     Witnesses, 

David  Unterkofler  and  BIna   (!)   Pflaltzgraf. 


39^  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1776,  June  8,  born  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Christian  May.  Witnesses, 
Margareta  Hister. 

1776,  June  8,  born  Johann  Carolus,  son  of  Sinnon  (a  negro  of  Daniel  His- 
ter).    Witnesses,  Carolus  Krieg  and  wife. 

1776,  July  23,  born  Anna  Catharina,  daughter  of  Henrich  Stellwagen. 
Witness,  Anna  Cath.  Koller. 

1776,  July  28,  born  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Ludwig  Mayer.  Witnesses, 
Abraham  Gerhart  and  wife. 

1776,  Aug.  25,  born  Cathairna,  daughter  of  Jacob  Bosert.  Witnesses,  Jost 
Schlieger  and  wife. 

1776,  Aug.  12,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Valentin  Haack.  Witnesses,  Jacobus 
Bosert  and  wife. 

1776,  Sept.  25,  born  Joh.  Georgus,  son  of  Georg  Hoerner.  Witnesses,  Georg 
Mack  and  wife. 

1776,  Sept.  22,  born  Johann  Jacobus,  son  of  Georg  Henrich  Schneider. 
Witnesses,  Jacob  Westman  and  Cath.  Somni. 

1776,  Sept.  25,  born  Anna  Catharina,  daughter  of  Paul  Knoeper.  Witness, 
Anna  Cath.  Knoeper. 

1776,  June  29,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Henrich  Strohmann.  Wit- 
nesses, Johann  Zep  and  wife. 

1776,  Sept.  5,  born  Georgus,  son  of  Georg  Rueckstahl.  Witnesses,  Georg 
Bilger  and  Christina  Hartenstein. 

1776,  Oct.  9,  born  Maria  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Andreas  Werner.  Wit- 
ness, Anna  Mar.  Werner. 

1776,  Dec.  I,  born  Johann  Matheus,  son  of  Joh.  Matheus  Scheifiin.  Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Math.  Kern  and  wife. 

1776,  Oct.  18,  born  Anna  Margareta,  daughter  of  Abraham  Wolfart. 
Witnesses,  Hen.  Wilh.  Panebecker  and  Anna  Margareta  Gauckler. 

1776,  Nov.  9,  born  Eva  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Henrich  OhI.  Witnesses, 
Andreas  Ohl  and  wife. 

1776,  Dec.  31,  born  Samuel,  son  of  Debit  (!)  Gehann.  Witnesses,  the 
parents  themselves. 

1777)  Jan-  18,  born  Friedrich,  son  of  Salomon  Grimli.  Witness,  Friedrich 
Rudi. 

1776,  Sept.  27,  born  Petrus,  son  of  Jost  Hollebusch.  Witnesses,  Petrus 
Hollebusch  and  Margareta  Keller. 

1777,  Jan.  23,  born  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Adam  Henrich.  Witnesses, 
Catharina   Hollebusch  and   David   Unerkofler. 

X777,  March  5,  born  Maria  Margareta,  daughter  of  Friedrich  Rudi.  Wit- 
nesses, Friedrich  Rudi  and  wife. 

1776,  Dec.  26,  born  Susanna,  daughter  of  Michael  Groll.  Witness,  Maria 
EHs.  Wentz. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms  397 

1777,  Jan.  23,  born  Maria  Barbara,  daughter  of  Adam  Faust.  Witnesses, 
Johannes  Hut  and  wife. 

1777,  Febr.  14,  a  daughter  born  to  the  late  Rudolph  Segler,  named  Maria 
Christina.     Witnesses,  Johannes  Segler  and  wife. 

1777,  Jan.  5,  born  Henrich,  son  of  Georg  Roerig.  Witnesses,  Henrich 
Roerig  and  wife. 

1777,  Febr.  25,  born  Ellsabetha,  daughter  of  Henrich  Roerig.  Witness, 
Anna  Maria  Roerig. 

1777,  Febr.  14,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Jacob  Wagner.  Witnesses, 
Maria  Wagner  and  Valentin  Schneider. 

1777,  April  2,  born  Comradus,  son  of  Conrad  Bickart.  Witnesses,  Chris- 
tian Hollebusch  and  wife. 

1777,  Nov.  10,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Friedrich  Loesch.  Witnesses,  Michael 
Doerr  and  Maria  Schneider. 

1777,  April  24,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Daniel  Krauter.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Krauter  and  wife. 

1777,  March  25,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Carl  Doerr.  Witnesses,  Wilhelm 
Antig  and  wife. 

1777,  May  25,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Johann  Huepner.  Witnesses, 
Philip  Bayer  and  wife. 

i777>  June  19,  born  Berret,  son  of  Berret  Goetz.  Witnesses,  Jacob  Bossert 
and  wife. 

1777,  May  29,  born  Anna  Margareta,  daughter  of  Gabriel  Klein.  Wit- 
nesses, Anna  Margaretha  Cunius  and  Georg  Klein. 

1777,  July  26,  born  Henrich,  son  of  Philip  Weis.  Witnesses,  Henrich  Ohl 
and  wife. 

1777,  September  ii,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Johannes  Schuler.  Wit- 
nesses, Jacob  Schuler  and  wife. 

1777,  Aug.  12,  born  Wilhelm,  son  of  Johannes  Heinemann.  Witnesses, 
Joh.  Nais  and  wife. 

1777,  Nov.  26,  born  Catharina,  daughter  of  Joh.  Jacob  Schweisforth.  Wit- 
nesses, Daniel  Krauter  and  wife. 

1777,  Dec.  13,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Abraham  Nais.  Witnesses,  Joh. 
Gerhart  and  Magdalena  Hertzel. 

i777i  I'cc.  II,  born  Elisabeth,  daughter  of  Georg  Mayer.  Witnesses, 
Henrich  Werner  and  wife. 

1778,  Febr.  21,  born  Samuel,  son  of  Benjamin  Schuler.  Witnesses,  Jacob 
Schuler  and  wife. 

1777,  Nov.  28,  born  Margareta,  daughter  of  Andreas  Werner.  Witnesses, 
Henrich  Woerner  and  wife. 

1778,  Febr.  16,  born  Michael,  son  of  Jacob  Wagner.  Witnesses,  Valentin 
Schneider  and  wife. 

27 


39^  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1778,   March  2,  born   Johannes,   son  of  Johannes   Hartenstein.     Witnesses, 

Georg  Gauckler  and  Christina  Hartenstein. 
1778,   March   3,  born  Jacobus,   son   of   Henrich   Hersch.     Witnesses,  Jacob 

Taub  and  wife. 
1778,  March  25,  born  Georgus,  son  of  Christian  May.     Witnesses,  Georg 

Walbert  and  wife. 
1778,  March  31,  born   Catharina,   daughter  of   Georg  Weitemayer.     Wit- 
nesses, Catharina  Faust  and  Philip  Wentz. 
1778,  March  11,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Adam  Hiltebeutel.     Witnesses,  Jacob 

Klein  and  wife. 
1778,   April   17,   born  Johannes,   son   of   Henrich   Kobelberger.     Witnesses, 

Henrich  Nibel  and  Elisabetha  Jung. 
1778,  April   10,  born  Johann   Jacobus,   son   of  Johannes   Nais.     Witnesses, 

Georg  Buechler  and  Margaretha  Huth. 
1778,   March   16,  born   Catharina,  daughter  of  Paul   Hofman.     Witnesses, 

Georg  Hertzel  and  wife. 
1778,  April  3,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Johannes  Hiltebeutel.     Witnesses,  the 

parents  themselves. 
1778,  July   16,   born   Eva,   daughter  of  Jost   Schatz.     Witnesses,   Eva   Ohl 

and  Baltzer  Ricd. 
1778,   June   27,   born   Leonhart,   son   of   Henrich    Huhl.     Witnesses,    Jacob 

Schuler  and  wife. 
1778,   June    14,   born   Johann    Henricus,   son   of   Henrich   Strohman.     Wit- 
nesses, Job.  Hess  and  wife. 
1778,    Sept.    20,    born    Georgus,    son    of    Henrich    Ohl.     Witnesses,    Georg 

Engel  and  Eva  Ohl. 
1778,  Oct.  18,  born  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Henrich  Mueller.     Witnesses, 

Johannes  Schweisfort  and  wife. 
1778,  Oct.  9,  born  Susanna,  daughter  of  Jacob  Weiss.     Witness,   Susanna 

We  is. 

1778,  Dec.    5,   born    Elisabetha,    daughter   of   Paul    Knoepper.     Witnesses, 
Henrich  Ziegler  and  wife. 

1779,  Febr.  i,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Philip  Weiss.     Witnesses,  Jacob  Straus 
and  wife. 

1779,  March  23,  born  Petrus,  son  of  Abraham  Wolfart.     Witnesses,  Petrus 

Taub  and  Catharina  Segler. 
1779,  March  i,  born  Henricus,  son  of  Benedict  Home.     Witnesses,  Henrich 

Schmidt  and  wife. 
>779.  J^n.  30,  born  Jacobus,  son  of  Peter  Maener.     Witnesses,  Jacob  Weiss 

and  wife. 
1779.  April  10,  born  Johannes,  son  of  Math.  Schenfli.     Witness,  Johannes 

Exel. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms  399 

1779,   April   31,   born    Susanna,    daughter   of   Andreas    Werner.     Witness, 

Sophia  Werner. 
1779,   May  2,   born    Catharlna,   daughter   of  Joh.   Jost   Hollebusch.     Wit- 
nesses, Catharina  Hollebusch  and  Elias  Hartenstein. 
1779,   April   9,   born    Anna    Maria,    daughter   of   Peter   Loch.     Witnesses, 

Georg  Wettman  and  wife. 
1779,  April   i6,  born   Georgus,  son  of  Daniel  Krauter.     Witnesses,   Georg 

Dorscht  and  Maria  Langbein. 
1779.  April  15,  born  Maria  Fronica,  daughter  of  Johann  Heineman.     Wit- 
nesses, Joh.  Nais  and  Fronica  Heineman. 
1779,   March   31,   born   Johannes,    son    of   Michael    GroII.     Witnesses,   the 

parents  themselves. 
1779,  June    I,   born   Andreas,   son   of   Georg   Hen.    Schneider.     Witnesses, 

Andreas  Ried  and  wife. 
1779,   May   20,   born    Christina,   daughter   of   Friedrich   Rudi.     Witnesses, 

Hen.  Bernt  and  Christina  Gaulcler. 
1779,  June  7,  born  Adam,  son  of  Jacob  Bossert.     Witnesses,  Adam  Bossert 

and  Gertraut. 
1779,  June  28,  born  Daniel,  son  of  Andreas  Gamel.     Witnesses,  the  parents 

themselves. 
1779,   June    II,    born    Catharina,    daughter   of    Conrad    Bickart.     Witness, 

Dorethea  Hollebusch. 
1779,   Dec.   3,   born   Abraham,   son   of  Abraham   Nais.     Witnesses,    Georg 

Hertzel  and  wife. 
1779,   Sept.   12,  born   Daniel,   son   of   Henrich   Hemsing.     Witness,   Daniel 

Faber. 
1779,  Febr.  8,  a  child  was  born  to  a  negro,  named  Seimen  [Simon]  ;  name 

name  of  child,  Sele.     Witness,  Barbara  Hass. 
1779,  Sept.  28,  born  Wilhelmus,  son  of  Jacob  Schuler.     Witnesses,  Johannes 

Schuler  and  wife. 
1779,    Sept.   24,   born    Susanna    Maria,   daughter   of   Henrich   Hollebusch. 

Witnesses,  Adam  Henrich  and  wife. 

The  following  children  were  baptized  by  me,  Johann  Wilhelm  Ingold, 
pastor  loci. 

Children  Parents                                       Witnesses 

Heinrich,    born    1780,  Georg    Weidemeyer            Henrich  Bernt,  Catha- 

Sept.  2  rina  Rukshel 

Leonhard,    b.    1780,  Henrich   Hirsch                   Leonhard  Schneider 

Nov.   10  and   wife 

Eva    Elisabetha,    b.  Johannes  Ohl   and  wife       David    Schulz    and 

1779,   Febr.   20,  bap.  Barbara                                 Eva  Ohl 

Apr.    II,    1779 


400 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Johann  Jacob,  b.  1780, 

Aug.   30 
Anna   Maria,   b.    1780, 

Nov.   14 
Catharina,   b.   Nov.  18, 

1781,   Febr.   13 
Peter,  b.  1781,  May  3, 

bap.   1781,  June  24 
Andreas,  b.  1781,  July 

21,  bap.  1781,  Aug.  3 
Elisabetha,    b.    1781, 

June   27,   bap.    1781, 

Aug.   5 

Jacob,  b.  1781,  Aug.  i, 

bap.  1781,  Aug.  26 
Maria    Magdalena,    b. 

1781,   July    15,   bap. 

1781,  Aug.  26 
Catharina,    b.    1781, 

Febr.   20,   bap.   1781, 

Aug.  5 
Magdalena,  b.   1781, 

July   I,  bap.   1781, 

Aug.  5 
Joseph,  b.   1781,  July 

29,  bap.   1781,  Aug. 

26 
Catharina,    b.    1781, 

July    12,    bap.    1781, 

July  30 


Parents 
Henrich  Strohman 

Jacob  Straus 

Henrich    Frick    and 

wife   Philippina 
Conrad    Bikhard    and 

wife    Catharina 
Andreas   Gemmel    and 

wife  Fronica 
Wilhelm  Ohl  and  wife 

Elisabetha 


Joseph  Eckli  and  wife 

Dorothea 
Jacob  Scheib  and  wife 

Catharina 

Balthasar  Ried   and 
wife    Maria    Elisa- 
betha 

Valentin    Kuchler   and 
wife   Elisabetha 

Henrich   Faust  and 
wife    Catharina 
Margaretha 

Jacob  Schuler  and  wife 
Elisabetha 


Witnesses 

Jacob   Zoepp,    Elisa- 
betha Ohl 

Philip  Weiss  and  wife 
Anna  Maria 

Wendel   Wiant   and 
wife  Catharina 

Peter  Baumann   and 
wife  Sophia 

the    parents 

Georg  Schedler  and 
wife,    Catharina 
Elisabetha,    the 
grandparents 

Jacob  Zoepp  and  Anna 
Maria   Schneider 

Martin   Scheib   and 
wife  Magdalena 

Philip  Ried,  Catharina 
Ried,  both  single 

Michael  Kuchler  and 
Sophia  Becker 

Joseph  Beringer  and 
wife  Anna  Marga- 
retha 

Benjamin   Schuler   and 
wife  Catharina 


Record  of  the  children  who  received  Holy  Baptism  through  me.  Fried- 
rich  Dalliker,  in  this  congregation  of  Old  Goshenhoppen.     1782. 


Daniel,    b.    1781,    Dec. 
31,   bap.   1782,   Mar. 

17 
Maria  Elis.,  b.  Febr.  3, 

1782,  bap.  Mar.   17 
Elisabeth,  b.   Febr.   21, 

7182,  bap.  Mar.  17 


Georg   Scheid  and  wife 
Anna  Maria 

Michael  Guderman 
and  wife  Maria 

Jost  Schaz  and  wife 
Catharina 


Daniel   Creider   and 
wife  Catharina 

Georg   Scheid    and 
wife  Anna  Maria 

Philip  Rid  and  wife 
Elisabeth 


Old  Goshenhoppcn — Baptisms 


401 


Children 
Andreas,  b.  Mar.  8, 

1782,  bap.  Mar.  29 
Eva,  b.  Febr.  11,  1782, 

bap.  Apr.  29 
Catharina,  b.  Apr.  6, 

bap.  May  9 
Sophia,   b.   Apr.   24, 

bap.  June  30 
Anna,  b.  Nov.  i,  1781, 

bap.  July  21 
Maria,   b.   Aug.    28, 

bap.  Nov.  3 
Job.  Adam,  b.  Oct.   9, 

bap.  Nov.  3 

Elisabeth,  b.  Oct.   9, 

bap.  Nov.  3 
Philip,  b.  Oct.  28,  bap. 

Nov.  24 


Catharina,   b.    Nov.   4, 

'79,  bap.  Jan.   i,  '83 
Margreth,   b.   Dec.   i, 

'81,  bap.  Jan.   i 
Johann  Georg,  b.  Dec. 

13,  '82,  bap.  Jan.  26 
Heinrich,    b.    Dec.    20, 

'82,  bap.  Febr.   16 
Johann   Jacob,  b.   Dec. 

23,  '82,  bap.  Febr.  xG 
Maria  Magdalena,  b. 

Jan.   23,   '83,  bap. 

Mar.  9 
Jacob,    b.    Febr.    22, 

bap.  Apr.   6 
Philip,  b.  Jan.  31,  bap. 

Apr.  20 
Georg,  b.   Mar.    15, 

bap.  Apr.  20 
Daniel,  b.  Febr.   17, 

bap.   May   11 


Parents 
Hannes  Weiss  and 

wife  Eva 
Peter  Loch  and  wife 

Eva 
Peter   Daub    and    wife 

Catharina 
Johann   Schuler  and 

wife  Catharina 
Thomas  Sens  and  wife 

Anna   Maria 
Jacob  Wagner  and 

wife   Barbara 
Peter  Miner  and  wife 

Elis.  Barbara 

Peter  Miner  and  wife 

Elis.  Barbara 
Balsar    Rid    and    wife 
Maria    Elisab. 

1783. 

Charles  Landes   and 

wife    Catharina 
Charles  Landes  and 

wife   Catharina 
Benjamin   Schuler  and 

wife  Catharina 
Velten  Kugler  and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Matheis  Scheufely  and 

wife  Margareth 
Heinrich    Schmid    and 

wife  Barbara 

Jacob  Weiss   and  wife 

Elisabeth 
J.  Heinrich   Muller 

and  wife  Anna  Elis. 
Johann  Heineman  and 

wife  Barbara 
Christian   Scheid   and 

wife  Maria  Elisabeth 


Witnesses 
Andreas  Ohl,  Sr.,  and 

wife  Eva 
Jacob  Untercoveler  and 

wife    Magdalena 
Jacob   Daub   and   wife 

Catharina 
Georg  Schneider  and 

wife    Sophia    Becker 
Henrich    Schmid    and 

wife  Barbara 
Valentin    Schneider 

and  wife  Maria 
Joh.   Adam   Neidich 

and    wife    Anna 

Barbara 
Peter  Hochstatt  and 

wife  Barbara 
Philip  Rid    and   wife 

Maria  Elisab. 


Georg   Hertzel    and 

wife    Catharina 
Georg    Hertzel    and 

wife   Catharina 
Philip   Mud   and   wife 

Barbara 
Jost  Keller   and   wife 

Catharina 
Jacob    Kugler    and 

wife    Catharina 
Sebastian   Goetz   and 

wife  Maria  Magda- 
lena 
Philip  Weiss  and  wife 

Anna  Maria 
J.   Philip   Zep    and 

Catharina   Henner 
Georg  Schneider  and 

Elisabeth    Neiss 
Daniel   Creider   and 

wife  Catharina 


402 


Church  Records  of  Gosheiihoppen 


On  May  24  was  baptized  by  me,  after  preceding  instruction,  Anna 
Margareth  Weiss,  wife  of  Johannes  Weiss,  aged  2+  years;  and  on  the 
same  day  admitted  to  the  Lord's  Supper. 


Children 
Eva   Elisabeth,  b.  Apr. 

27,  bap.  June  i 
Hanna,   b.   Apr.    14, 

bap.   June   22 
Magdalena,  b.  Apr. 

29,  bap.  June  22 
A.   Catharina,  b.  Nov. 

18,  bap.  Dec.  7 
Hans    Georg,    b.    Dec. 

8,   bap.   Dec.  28 


Parents 
Wilhelm  Ohl  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
George  Meyer  and 

wife  Hanna 
Jacob  Hauch  and  wife 

Margareth 
Johannes   Neiss   and 

wife  Anna  Margreth 
Peter  Dinges  and  wife 

Anna  Maria 


Witnesses 

Andreas  Ohl,  Sr.,  and 
wife  Eva 

Heinrich   Beyer   and 
Charlotte  Raudebusch 

Philip  Gabel  and  wife 
Margareth 

George  Hertzel   and 
wife    Catharina 

H.  Georg  Dast,  Elisa- 
beth Has 


Joh.   Jacob,  b.   Dec.   i, 
'83,  bap.  Jan.   18 

Regina,  b.   Nov.   17, 
'83,  bap.  Jan.   18 


1784. 

Joh.  Jacob  Scheib   and  Peter  Scheib  and   wife 
wife    Catharina  Christina 

Andreas  Gemel   and  the   parents 
wife   Veronica 


Record  of  the  children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  Friedrich  Wilhelm 
Von  der  Sloot. 


Joh.   Heinrich,  b.  Dec.       Baltasar   Ried 
II,  '83,  bap.  Mav  2, 

'84        . 
Joseph,   b.   May   24, 

bap.   June   13 
Peter,  b.   May  3,  bap 

May  23 
Regina,   b.   July   25, 

bap.  

Joseph,   b.   Sept.   29, 

bap.   Nov.  7 


Simon   Scentschler  and 

wife 
Peter  Daub  and  wife 

Catharina 
Martin    Lichtel,    Cata- 

rina 


Maria   Drasch  and 
Philip  Ried 

Joseph    Keller    and 

wife 
Nicolaus   Caupler    and 

wife   Maria 
Joh.   Neis   and   wife 

Margaretha 


Johannes,   b.   Sept.   22,       Johannes   Buch    and 
bap.  Oct.  14  wife    Catharina 


Joseph   Ekli    and    wife       Jost  Keller   and   wife 
Dorothea  Catarina 

Philip  Gabel  and  wife 
Margaretha 


Those  children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  Johan  Theobald  Faber,  1786. 


Johannes,  b.  May  4,  Jacob   Weiant   and 

bap.  June  5  wife 

Isaac,  b.  Apr.  10,  bap.  Jacob  Schmidt  and 

June  5  wife 


Georg   Weiant    and 
Elis.   Rener 

Isaac  Schmidt  and  Su- 
sanna Walbert 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms 


403 


Children 
Joh.   Henrich,   b.   Apr. 

27,  bap.  June   18 
Joh.  Georg,  b.  May  8, 

bap.  July  30 
Barbara,    b.    Oct.    7, 

bap    Oct.  22 
Johannes,   b.   Sept.   22, 

bap.  Nov.  12 
Joh.   Jacobus,   b.  , 

bap.   Nov.    12 

Jacobus,    b.    Dec.    31, 

'86,  bap.  Mar.  18 
Margareta,  b.  Dec.  31, 

'86,  bap.  Mar.   18 
Joh.   Georg,   b.   Febr. 

17,  bap.  Mar.  i8 
EHsabetha,  b.  Jan.   15, 

'87,   bap.   Apr.   29 
Johannes,  b.   Febr.  27, 

bap.  Apr.  29 
Johannes,    b.    July    16, 

'86,  bap.  Apr.  29 
Anna,  b.  July   16,  '86, 

bap.  Apr.  29 
Michael    (illegitimate 

child),  b.   Nov.  22, 

'76,  bap.  

Cath.   Appollonia,   b. 

June  29,  bap.  July  21 
Susanna,    b.    Sept.    2, 

'86,  bap.  July  21 
Joseph,  b.  Apr.  17,  '87, 

bap.  Aug.   12 
Scharlotta,  b.  Aug.  15, 

'87,  bap.  Oct.   14 
Abraham,  b.  Aug.  2, 

'87,  bap.  Nov.  25 
Maria,  b.  Aug.  25,  '87, 

bap.  Nov.  25 
Anna   Barbara,  b.  Sept. 

26,  bap.  Nov.  25 


Parents  Witnesses 

Michael    Gaukler    and  Jacob    Filman    and 

wife  wife 

Jacob  Salate  and  wife  Joh.  Salate   and   wife 

Joh.   Daniel  Jung  and  Adam   Hollebusch   and 

wife  and  wife 

Wilhelm  Gerges  and  Joh.  Hiltebeutel  and 

wife  wife 

Joh.  Salate   and   wife         

1787. 

Georg  Scheid  and  wife  Jacob  Schaefer  and 

wife 

Henrich    Bossert    and  Adam   Bossert   and 

wife  wife 

Peter  Dimig  and  wife  Isaac    Hilligas    and 

wife 

Ludwig   Ache    and  Herman  Ache   and 

wife  wife 

Peter  Kuntz  and   wife  Joh.  Salate  and  wife 

Martin  Lichtel  and  Henr.    Schmidt    and 

wife  wife 

Henrich    Schmidt    and  Martin   Lichtel    and 

wife  wife 

Martin    Lichtel    and 

wife 

Michael  Oesterlin   and  Peter  Faust  and  wife 

wife 

Isaac  Oschek  and  wife  joh.   Roscher   and  wife 

Henrich    Stroman    and  Jos.  Eckle  and  wife 

wife 

Friedr.  Rudi  and  wife  parents 

Joh.  Schneider  and  Abraham  Weber  and 

wife  Elis.  Schneider 

Adam  Hamscher  and  Peter    Hamscher    and 

wife  Maria   Weber 

Georg  Weitemayer  Joh.  Ruckstahl  and 

and  wife  Anna  Barbara  Diter 


404 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Wilhelm,   b.   Oct.   5, 
bap.  Dec.  26 


Georg,  b.  Nov.  18,  '87, 

bap.  Jan.  27,  '88 
Sara,   b.   Oct.    17,    '87, 

bap.  Jan.  27,  '88 
Elisabeth,  b.  Febr.   12, 

'88,  bap.  Mar.  30 
Johannes,    b.    Dec.   28, 

'87,  bap.   Mar.   30 
Daniel,  b.  ,  bap. 

June   I 
Johannes,  b.   Mar.   29, 

bap.  June  22 
Johan   Henrich,  b.  May 

7,  bap.  July  13 
Johannes,   b.   May   29, 

bap.  July  13 
Magdalena,  b.  Febr. 

21,  bap.  July  13 
Anna  Margareta,  b. 

June    21, bap.  July  13 
Susanna,  b.   June   19, 

bap.  Aug.  3 
Samuel,   b.   Apr.   9, 

bap.  Aug.  3 
Jacobus,   b.    May   23, 

bap.  Aug.  3 
Catharina,  b.  June  21, 

bap.  Oct.  5 


Parents 
Adam   Hieltebeutel 
and  wife 

1788. 
Jacob  Hauk  and  wife 

Nicolaus    Gauckler 

and  wife 
Wilh.  Enterscn   and 

wife 
Henrich  Mueller  and 

wife 
Joh.   Georg  Wiittlin 

and   wife 
Jacob  Schmid  and  wife 

Michael   Gukerman 

and  wife 
Joh.  Faust  and  wife 

Philip  Schillig  and 

wife 
Joh.   Daniel   Jung   and 

wife 
Daniel    Schwenck    and 

wife 
Gabriel    Schuler    and 

wife 
Ludwig   Age    [Ache] 

and   wife 
Jacob    Schneider    and 

wife 


Witnesses 
the  parents 


Philip  Gabel  and  wife 
Philip  Gabel  and  wife 

Salomon    Grimli    and 

wife 
Henrich    Schmidt    and 

wife 
Daniel   Herz  and  Cath. 

Lambein 
Joh.  Schmid  and   wife 

Christian   Scheid 

Peter  Faust  and  wife 


Philip  Gabel  and  wife 

Georg  Schwenck  and 

wife 
Conrad  Grimm   and 

wife 
Jacob  Age  and  Marg. 

Hertzel 
Elisabeth  Wentz 


After  the  death  of  the  sainted  Mr.  Faber,  when  the  congregation  was 
without  a  minister,  the  following  children  were  baptized,  some  by  Mr. 
Roeler,  some  by  the  ministers  who  visited  this  congregation,  and  at  the 
request  of  the  parents  their  names  were  entered  by  Johann  Daniel  Jung, 
schoolmaster. 

Johannes,  b.  — ,  bap.  Peter  Hollebusch  and  Joh.  Adam  Hollebusch 
Febr.  14,  '89                         wife   Susanna  and  wife  Barbara 

Johannes,  b.  May  7,  Samuel  Schuler  and  Johannes  Schuler  and 
1789,  bap.  May  31            wife   Magdalena  Susanna   Meyer 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms 


405 


Children 
Magdalena,  b.  Apr.  6, 

'87,  bap.  May  20, '87 
Catharina,   b.   Oct.    13, 

'89,  bap.  Nov.  29 


Parents 
Johannes   Buch    and 

wife 
Georg   Herzel    and 

wife  Margretha 


Witnesses 
Philip   Fischer   and 

wife 
Ulrich   Herzel   and 

wife 


After  I,  N[:cholas]  Pomp,  in  the  beginning  of  the  month  of  December 
of  the  year  1789,  entered  upon  my  ministry  in  the  congregation  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen,  the  following  children  were  baptized  by  me.  beginning  at 
the  above  mentioned  time:  >       &         &     ^ 

1790. 


Catharina,  b.  Nov.  14, 
'89,  bap.  Jan.  10,  '90 
Johannes,    b.    Oct.    16, 
'89,  bap.  Jan.  10,  '90 
Maria    Elisabeth,    b. 
Dec.  28,  '89,  bap. 
Jan.  10,  '90 
Andreas,  b.  July  5, '89, 

bap.  Mar.   13,  '90 
Elisabeth,    b.    Dec.   25, 
'89,  bap.  Mar.  14, '90 
Andreas,    b.    Jan.    23, 

'90,  bap.  Mar.   14 
Jacob,  b.  Dec.  12,  '89, 

bap.  Apr.  26 
Wilhelm,    b.    Jan.    11, 

'90,  bap.  Apr.  26 
Henrich,    b.   Jan.    7, 

bap.  Apr.  26 
Elisabeth,    b.   — ,    bap. 
Apr.  26    (7  years,  9 
months) 
Georg,   B.   — ,    bap. 

Apr.  26    (8  months) 
Elisabeth,   b.   Apr.   3, 

bap.  May  16 
Johann    Henrich,    b. 
May  23,  bap.  June   6 

Susanna,  b.   Febr.  20, 
bap.  June  27 


Jacob  Schmid  and  wife 

Magdalena 
Johannes   Schichler 

and   %vife  Catharina 
Johann  Daniel  Jung 
and  wife  Ann  Mar- 
greath 
Johannes  Merckel   and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Jacob  Hauch  and  wife 

Margareth 
Friedrich  Nebel   and 

wife    Catharina 
Georg  Weidenmayer 
and   wife  Elisabeth 
Gabriel    Schuler    and 

wife    Catharina 
Martin   Lichtel    and 

wife  Catharina 
Christoph    Bickel    and 
wife  Susanna 

Christoph  Bickel  and 

wife  Susanna 
Johannes  Faust  and 

wife  Susanna 
Peter  Hollebusch  and 

wife  Susanna 

Ludwich   Ache    and 
wife  Maria 


Peter  Deschler  and 

Christina   Faust 
Johannes  Saladi 

William   Penno  and 
wife 

Andreas  Hauser 

John  Kohlhon 

Andreas  Bage 

Jacob   Ruckstahl    and 

Cath.   Lichtel 
Peter  Deschler 

Peter  Deschler  ~) 

Johannes  Roschon   and 
Elisabeth   Scheffeli 

Johannes  Roschon   and 
Elisabeth   Scheffeli 

Peter    Hamscher    and 
Christina    Faust 

Henrich   Hollebusch, 
Anna   Maria    Holle- 
busch 

Friedrich   Brod   and 
Barbara   Schneider 


406 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Daniel,   b.   Apr.    19, 

bap.  July   18 
Joseph,  b.  June  i,  bap. 

July  18 
Elisabeth,   b.   June    ii, 

bap.  Aug.  15 
Maria    Magdalena,   b. 

Aug.  5,  bap.  Sept.26 
Maria,  b.  — ,  bap.  Oct. 

17 
Margareth,  b.  Oct.  19, 

bap.  Nov.  28 
Christina,   b.   Nov.   27, 

bap.  Dec.  19 
Henrich,    b.    Nov.    29, 

bap.   Dec.    19 


Parents 
Friedrich  Huebner  and 

wife   Christina 
John  Tallaty  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
Valentin  Lichty  and 

wife  Maria 
William  Anderson 

Philip   Huebner  and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Samuel    Schichler    and 

wife    Magdalena 
Peter   Faust   and    wife 

Elisabeth 
Henrich  Faust   and 

wife   Catharina 


Witnesses 
Henrich  Roschon  and 

wife 
Jacob  Sieber  and  wife 

Henrich   Lichly   and 

wife 
Georg  Maid,   Maria 

Crimle 
David  Deschler,  Maria 

? 

Georg   Dash,   Barbara 

Schneider 
Paul   Hoffman   and 

wife 
Henrich    Roschon    and 

wife 


Maria    Magdalena,    b. 

Dec.  22,  '90,   bap. 

Jan.  30 
Magdalena,  b.  Dec.  20, 

'90,  bap.  Apr.  3 
Catharina,  b.  Febr.  12, 

bap.  Apr.  3 
Elisabeth,   b.    Dec.    14, 

bap.   Febr.  4 
Catharina,  b.   Dec.   14, 

bap.  Febr.  4 
Thomas,    b.    Febr.    13, 

bap.  Febr.  4 
Elisabeth,  b.  Febr.  11, 

bap.   Apr.   24 
Philip,  b.  Jan.  2,  bap. 

May  15 
Magdalena,  b.  Oct.  25, 

'90,  bap.  May  15 
Rachel,  b.  Dec.  27,  '90, 

bap.  May  15 
Margareth,  b.  June   5, 

bap.  June  30 


1791. 

Jacob  Hedrich  and 
wife  Christina 

Jacob    Schneider    and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Daniel   Jost    and    wife 

Barbara 
Johann    Mickel    Faust 

and   wife  Elisabeth 
Johann    Nickel    Faust 

and  wife   Elisabeth 
John   Jost  and   wife 

Benigna 
Johannes   Buch   and 

wife  Catharina 
Philip   Schillig  and 

wife   Salome 
Joh.  Georg  Wutte  and 

wife  Anna 
Samuel   Cooper  and 

wife  Susanna 
Georg  Doerr  and  wife 

Sophia 


Johannes  Hedrich  and 
wife 

Henrich  Schneider   and 

wife 
Jacob   Jost    and    Anna 

Maria  Hillegas 
Henrich    Faust    and 

Elisabeth   Bayer 
Michael   Oesterlein 

and  wife 
N.  Pomp  and  wife 

Jacob  Schmidt  and 
Elisabeth  Bayer 

John  Grimle  and  Elis- 
abeth Peters 

the  parents 

Lorenz    Jacobi    and 

wife 
Johannes    Bcrnth    and 

Margareth  Sell 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms 


407 


Children 
Georg,  b.  May  19,  bap. 

July  17 
Magdalena,  b.  Oct.  20, 

'90,  bap.  July  29 
Johannes,    b.    Dec.    5, 

'90,  bap.  July  29 
Magdalena,  b.  July  31, 

'90,  bap.  July  29 
Peter,  b.  May  8,  bap. 

Aug.  28 
Catherina,  b.  Aug.  30, 

bap.  Sept.  18 

Michael,   b.   Sept.  28, 
bap.  Oct.  30 


Jacob,   b.  Jan.   7,  bap. 

Mar.  25 
Jacob,  b.  Jan.  12,  bap. 

Mar.  25 
Samuel,    b.    Febr.    26, 

bap.  May  28 


Parents 
Michael   Guterman 

and   wife   Maria 
Matheis   Geist   and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Emmanel   Karner 

and    wife    Catharlna 
Philip  Kohl   and   wife 

Magdalena 
Martin   Lichtel    and 

wife    Catharina 
Johann    Daniel    Jung 

and    wife    Anna 

Margaretha 
Georg   Hertzel    and 

wife  Margareth 

1792. 

Jacob  Schmid  and  wife 

Magdalena 
Jacob   Rudy   and   wife 

Catharina 
Johannes    Schuler    and 

wife   Catharina 


Witnesses 
Georg  Bayer  and  wife 

the  parents 

the  parents 

the  parents 

Peter  Deschler 

Friedrich  Rudy  and 
wife 

Michael  Hartmann 


Jacob  Klein   and   wife 

Sieber  and  wife 

Samuel   Schuler  and 
wife   Magdalena 


The  children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  John  Faber,  in  this  congrega 
tion,  are  recorded  here. 

Abraham,    b.    Jan.    3,       Johannes  Rich 

'92 
Jacob,  b.  May  11  Johannes   Faust 


Joseph,  b.  Sept.   18, '91  Friedrich   Huebner 

Johann  Georg,  b.  May  Johannes    Salety    and 

17,  '92  wife   Elisabeth 

Maria   Margaretha,   b.  John  Stroman 
July  15,  '93 

Margaretha,   b.   Aug.  Jacob  Hauk 
6,  '92 

Henrich,   b.   Nov.   6,  Peter  Renninger 

'92 

Peter,   b.   Sept.   20,   '92  Peter  Faust 


Conrad   Gerkes  and 

wife 
Jacob    Schmit    and 

wife 
Peter  Roshang   and 

wife 
Philip  Zepp   and   wife 

Maria 
Jacob   Zepp    and   Avife 

Maria 
Nicolaus    Gaukler   and 

wife 
Henrich  Leh,   Molly 

Roschong 
Philip    Hoffman,  Mad- 

lena  Ruhdi 


4o8  Church  Records  of  Goshcuhoppcn 

Children                                         Parents  Witnesses 

Antonius,   b.   Nov.    17,       David   Dickcnschicd  Antonius    Sell    and 

'92  wife 

Georg   and  ,   b.           John  Nice  Georg    Hertzel    and 

Ja"-   13,  '93  wife,  John   Reichard 

George,    b.   Jan.    16,           Jacob   Schmith  George   Weiss   and 

'93  wife 

Henrich,    b.    Febr.    6,       Joseph  Schmit  Heinrich   Schmith   and 

'93  wife 

John,  b.  May  2,  '93           Ludwig  Ache  John   Ache    and    Mar- 

garetha   Schmit 

Maria   Margaretha,  b.       John  Stroman  Jacob  Zepp  and   wife 

July  15 

Elisabeth,    b.    Jan.    25,       Jacob    Wagner  

1787 
Barbara,    b.    Jan.    6,  Jacob  Wagner  

1793 
Abraham,  b.  Aug.  20,       Jacob  Wagner  

1788 

Anna    Maria,    b.    Oct.       Francis  McLaw  Abraham   Salmon    and 

10,    1793  wife 

Heinrich,    b.    Nov,   25,       Philip  Jones  Heinrich  Schmit  and 

1793  wife 

Sophia,   b.    May    15,           Catharina    Werner  George  Derr  and  wife 

1793 

Those  children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  Johannes  Faber,  in  this  con- 
gregation, from  the  first  day  of  the  new  year  to  the  first  day  of  the  next 
year. 

Anno  1795. 

Heinrich,    b.    Nov.    18,       George  Derr  Heinrich  Schaefer  and 

179+,    bap.    Jan.    22,  wife 

1795 

Jacob,  b.  Febr.  3,  1795,       Balser  Reed  Jacob  Rudy  and  wife 

bap.  Apr.  12 

Josua,  b.  Febr.22,1795,      Joseph  Young  John  Neis  and  wife 

bap.  Apr.  12 

The  number  of  those  children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  A.[lbert] 
Helffenstein. 

1808. 

Philip,  b.  July  9,  1808       Henrich  Sell  Christian    Martin    and 

Catharina 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms 


409 


Children 
Johannes,  b.  Aug.  4, 

1 808 
Sarah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1808 

Elisabeth,    b.    Aug.    2, 

1808 
Barbara,    b.    Febr.    2, 

1 806 
Sarah,    b.    Nov.    17, 

1807 
Wilhelm,   b.   Aug.    3, 

1808 
Nathaniel,   b.  July   27, 

1808 
Margareth,    b.    Aug. 

19,    1808 
Maricha,    b.    Aug.    11, 

1808 
Wilhelm,   b.  Jan.   6, 

1809 


Parents 
Abraham    Hiltebeutel 

and    wife    Margaret 
Johann   Reisinger   and 

wife  Deborah 
John    and    Margaretha 

Lind 
Abr.    and    Elisabeth 

Merkel 
Johan  and  Catharina 

Scheiwley 
Jacob    Scheid    and 

Elisabeth 
Tobias  Sell  and  Elisa- 
beth 
Johann   Schneider  and 

Elisabeth 
Conrad   Geyer  and 

wife 
Wilhelm   Schmidt   and 

Sally 


Witnesses 
Johann   Hiltebeutel 
and  wife  Maria 


Daniel    and   Elisabeth 

Rismiller 
George    and   Elis. 

Waidemayer 
Jacob  and  Elisabeth 

Scheiwley 
Johan    Jost    and    Bina 

(!) 
Christian  Scheid 

Georg  Stahl  and  Mar- 
gareth 


Peter  Acker   and  Elis. 
Esterlein 


In  the  year  181 3  the  following  were  baptized  by  me,  Friedrich  Wilhelm 
Van  der  Sloot. 


Maria    Magdalena,    b. 

Dec.  4,  1812,  bap. 

Febr.  28,  181 3 
Johannes,  b.  Jan.  12, 

bap.  Apr.  10,  1813 
Heinrich,  b.  Nov.  10, 

1812,  bap.  Apr.  10, 
1813 

fiermann,   b.  June  21, 

1813,  bap.  Aug.   15 
Christina,   b.    Dec.    13, 

1812,  bap.  Aug.    15, 

1813 
Heinrich,    b.    Dec.    16, 

1791,    bap.    Apr.    16, 

1814 
Daniel,    b.    Jan.    18, 

1814,  bap.   May   15 


Johann  Friedrich 


Johannes  Johns  and 
wife    Catharina 

Heinrich  Zink  and 
wife   Elisabeth 

Valentin   Achi   and 
wife  Catharina 

Daniel  Fries  and  wife 
Barbara 

Johannes  Gerber  and 
wife   Hanna 

Daniel    Hiltebeutel 
and  Elisabeth 


Johann  Scheid   and 
wife 

the   parents 

the  parents 


Adam  Neidig  and 

wife  Maria 
Philippina   Ganz 


the  parents 
the   parents 


4IO 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Johannes,    b.   Jan.    23, 

1814,  bap.  Apr.  3 
Henrietta,   b.   Apr.  28, 

1814,  bap.  June  26 
Johannes,    b.   Apr.    11, 

1814,   bap.   Aug.    II 
Tobias,   b.    Aug.    9, 

1814,  bap.  Sept.   18 

Friedrich,   b.  Mar.    14, 

1801 
Jacob,  b.  Jan.   8,   1803 

Johannes,  b.  Febr.  26, 

1805 
Valentin,    b.    Sept.    13, 

1807 
Georg,    b.    July    27, 

1810 
Samuel,  b.   Mar.  23, 

1813 
Jonas,  b.  Jan.  22,  1815, 

bap.  Oct.   8 
Sophia,    b.    Sept.    28, 

18 16,  bap.  Nov.   3 


Parents 

Heinrich   Gerber   and 
wife    Catharina 

Ludwig  Hummel  and 
wife  Margareta 

Jan    (  !)    Kieler  and 
wife  Barbara 

Abraham  Kuppelber- 
ger  and  wife  Elisa- 
beth 

Jacob  Schmidt  and 
wife    Catharina 

[same   parents] 

[same  parents] 

[same  parents] 

[same  parents] 

[same  parents] 

Heinrich    Pikhart    and 

wife   Susanna 
Jan    Schuler    and    wife 

Maria 


Nathaniel,    b.    Nov.    9,       John  Miller  and  Mag- 
1817,  bap.  Dec.  28  dalena 


Witnesses 
Joh.   Achi   and   Bar- 
bara 
Heinrich    Schueck    and 

Catharina 
the   parents 

Michael    Kuppelberger 
and   Maria   Schaz 

Jacob   Klein,    Sr.,    and 

Gertraut 
Jacob  Klein  and   Ger- 
traut 
Jacob  Klein  and  Ger- 

traud 
Jacob   Schmidt  and 

Catharina 
Peter  Reichert  and 

Sara 
Jacob    Klein,    Sr.,    and 

Gertraud 
Peter  Schweisfort   and 

Maria 
Ceorg   Walter,   Bally 

[Polly]    Schaz 
the   parents 


[Entries  made  during  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Jacob  W.   Dechant.] 


Henrich,  b.  Nov.  i, 
1819,  bap.  Dec.  25, 
1819 

Nathan,  b.   Nov.   15, 

1818,  bap.    Jan.    30, 
1819 

Maria,    b.    Nov.    21, 

1819,  bap.  May  4, 
1820 

Johann   Jeremias,   b. 
Jan.    22,    1820,    bap. 
Mar.  5,  1820 


Jacob   Reed    and   wife 
Maria 

Hertzel 


John    Weil    and    wife 
Sara 

Georg   Nice   and    wife 
Maria 


Philip   Reed   and   wife 
Elisabetha 

Georg   Herzel    and 
wife    Catharina 

Maria    Schmidt 


John  Ruckstuhl   and 
Christina    Nice 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Baptisms 


411 


Children 
Heinrich,   b.   Febr.    10, 

1820,  bap.  May  14 
Sara,  b.  Nov.  17,  1819, 

bap.  Apr.  23,   1820 
Georg,   b.   Febr.   9, 

1820,  bap.  June  4 
Peter,  b.  Apr.  15,  1820, 

bap.  June  25 
Henrich,    b.    Febr.    27, 

i8i8,  bap.  June   14 
Jacob,  b.  July  25,  1820, 

bap.  Aug.  28 
Urias,    b.    June    25, 

1820,  bap.  Sept.   19 
Matilda,    b.    July    13, 

1820,  bap.  Oct.  8 
Anna,  b.  July  8,  1820, 

bap.  Nov.  19 
William,  b.   Sept.   7, 

1820,  bap.  Nov.  19 
Anna,    b.    Sept.    19, 

1820,  bap.  Nov.  19 
Seth,  b.  May   18,  1816, 

Dap.  June  20 
Francis    William,   b. 

Oct.  15,  1820 
Elisabetha,  b.  Dec.  10, 

1820,  bap.   Mar.  4, 
1821 

Jesse,  b.  Nov.  13,  1820, 

bap.  Mar.   i,   1821 
Anna,  b.  Febr.  7,  1831, 

bap.   Mar.  25 
Daniel   Walter,  b.  Mar. 

6,1821, bap.  Mar.  25 
Jesse,  b.  Jan.  22,  1821, 

bap.  Apr.  20 
Heinrich,    b.    Mar.    10, 

1821,  bap.  Apr.   6 
Jesaias,  b.  Febr.   16, 

1821,  bap.  Apr.  6 
Ester,  b.  Mar.  6,  1821, 
bap.  July  8 


Parents 
Jacob  Schneider  and 

wife    Magdalena 
Georg  Randzell  and 

wife    Catharina 
Johan   Tengler   and 

wife  Susanna 
Michael   Miller   and 

wife   Maria 
Jacob  Klein   and   wife 

Susanna 
Jacob    May    and    wife 
Elisabeth 
Heinrich    Grob    and 

wife   Susanna 
Wm.  Cooper   and   wife 

Baby   ( ! ) 
Conrad   Keeler   and 

wife    Catharina 
Jacob  Rees   and   wife 

Maria 
Abraham  Rees  and 

wife  Rachel 
Jacob  Schmidt  and 

wife    Catharina 
Silas   Himraelreich 

John    Hauk    and    wife 
Elisabetha 

Math.  Hertzell  and 

wife  Catharina 
Mathias    Slemmer 

Jacob  Slemmer 

Daniel   Hiltebeutel  and 

wife  Elisabetha 
John  Ruckstuhl   and 

wife   Christina 
Benj.    Weil    and    wife 

Elisabetha 
Conrad    Dotterre    and 

wife  Ester 


Witnesses 
Heinrich   Grob    and 

Magdalena 
the   parents 

Georg    Pikhardt    and 

Cath.  Graff 
Jacob   Ruckstuhl    and 

wife  Barbara 
Heinrich    Grob    and 

wife  Anna  Maria 
Georg  May  and  Cath. 

Fillmann 
Heinrich  Grob  and 

wife  Anna  M. 
Jacob  Hauser,  Maria 

Hilligas 
Reinhard   Reeler   and 

wife   Philippina 
Wm.   Antes,   Rebecka 

Hefelfanger 
Abr.  Phul,  Maria  Rees 

Johannes  Klein   and 

wife   Susanna 
Samuel   Schuler  and 

wife   Sarah 
John   Dietr.   Schmidt 

and  wife  Elisabetha 

Sam.    Geisinger,  Maria 

Hertzell 
Heinrich  Zink   and 

wife    Elisabetha 
Heinrich  Kerr  and 

wife  Anna 
the  parents 

Lorenz  Jacoby  and 

wife  Sara 
Wm.  Weil  and  Maria 

Sell 
Georg   Heffelfanger, 

Johanna  Pannebecker 


412 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Johannes,   b.    Dec.    31, 

1820,  bap.  July  8, 
1821 

Charles,  b.   May  24, 

1821,  bap.  July  29 
Jefferson,  b.   Mar,    i6, 

1821,  bap.  July  29 
Anna   Catharina,   b. 

May  6,   1821,   bap. 

Sept.  9 
Maria    Magdalena,   b. 

— ,  bap.  Oct.  3,  1 821 
Peter,  b.  Nov.  4,  1821, 

bap.  Dec.  25 

Elias,  b.  Dec.  6,  1821, 
bap.  Apr.  3,  1822 

Georg,  b.  Oct.  13,1821, 
bap.  Apr.  7,  1822 

Benjamin,  b.   Dec.   7, 

1821,  bap.Apr.  7, 1822 
Elisabetha   b.   Febr.   8, 

1822,  bap.  May  12 
Elisabetha,  b.  Mar.  29, 

1822,  bap.  June  9 
Henriette,  b.  Febr.   14, 

1822,  bap.  June  20 
Johan  Philip,  b.  , 

bap.  Nov.  2,  1822 
Levina,b.Jan.  29,1819, 

bap.  June   30,   1822 
Catharina,  b.   Jan.   14, 

1821,  bap.   June   30, 
1822 

Isaac,  b.  Jan.  8,   1822, 

bap.  May  19,  1822 

Johannes,  b.  Aug.   18, 

1822,  bap.  Dec.  24 
Reinhardt,  b.  Sept.  30, 

1822,  bap.  Febr.   i6, 
1823 
Peter,  b.  Nov.  12, 1822, 
bap.  Febr.  16,  1823 


Parents 
Fr.   Wagner  and  wife 
Hanna 

Abraham    Schleifer 
and   wife  Elisabeth 

Jacob    Mueller    and 
wife  Catharina 

David    Zeis    and    wife 
Sara 

H.  Long  and  wife 

Margaretha 
Georg  Neis  and  wife 

Maria 

Isaac  Gerhard  and 

wife  Magdalena 
Georg   Mayer   and 

wife  Maria 
Jacob  Schneider  and 

wife  Magdalena 
Charles  Bayer  and 

wife  Sara 
Jacob    May    and    wife 

Elisabetha 
Heinrich   Hauk   and 

wife  Elisabetha 
Philip    Hubner    and 

wife  Catharina 
Heinrich    Ziegler    and 

wife  Catharina 
Heinrich  Ziegler  and 

wife    Catharina 

Jacob    Schneider    and 

wife   Hanna 
Johan  Dengler  and 

wife  Susan 
Conrad   Keeler    and 

wife    Catharina 

John   Hauck   and  wife 
Elisabetha 


Witnesses 
Henry  Rudy,   Elisa- 
betha  Dommenick 

Heinr.    Schleifer    and 
wife   Dorothea 

Heinr.  Keeler,  Maria 
Dalleker 

Georg  Emmert,  Catha- 
rina Graff 

Magdalena   Schuler 

Abraham  Linsenbieg- 
ler  and  wife  Chris- 
tina 

the  parents 

Georg   Keeler,   Elisa- 
beth Kraus 
the  parents 

Philip  Christmann  and 
wife   Elisabetha 

Peter   Nais   and   wife 
Elisabetha 

Georg  More  and  wife 
Barbara 

the  parents 

John    Hein    and   Lus. 

Schneider 
Catharina    Mayer 


Valentin  Keely  and 

wife  Maria 
Joh.  Schnayfort, 

Christina  Groff 
Joseph   Keeler   and 

wife   Maria 

Tobias   Albrecht   and 
wife   Catharina 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Burials 


413 


Children 

Johannes,   b.   June  23, 

1819,  bap.  Aug.  8 


Parents 
Jacob   Hilficker   and 
wife  Maria 


Witnesses 
Johannes  Bayer  and 
wife 


Adelaide,   b.   Nov.  26, 

1822,  bap.    Jan.   26, 
1823 

Sara,  b.  Jan.  31,  1823, 

bap.  June   i 
Friedrich,  b.  Febr.  25, 

1823,  bap.  June  1 
Saliane    (!)    [Sally 

Anna],    b.    Apr.    18, 

1823,  bap.  July  13 
Lydia,  b.  July  9,  1823, 

bap.  Oct.  5 
Jacob,  b.  Nov.  10, 1 8 14, 

bap.  Febr.  29,  1824 
Mente  (?),  b.  May  24, 

1819,    bap.    Feb.    29, 

1824 
Matilda,    b.    Nov.    24, 

1822,  bap.  Febr.  29 
Elisabetha,    b.   June   9, 

1824,  bap.  July  25 
Peter,    b.   ,   bap. 

July  25 
Jacob,    b.    Febr.    19, 

1824,  bap.  July  25 
Elisabetha,  b.  — ,  bap. 

Aug.  15,  1824 
Sara,  b.  May  4,   1824, 

bap.  Nov.  7 
Anna   Catharina,   b. 

May    10,    1824,   bap. 

Nov.  7 
Ester,  b.  Sept.  16,  1824, 

bap.  Dec.  19 
Jacob,  b.  Sept.  26, 1824, 

bap.  Jan.  30,  1825 
Josua,  b.  Dec.  19,1824, 

bap.  June  26,  1825 
28 


Baptized  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Helffenstein. 

Mathias  Slemmer  and      Jacob   Slemmer  and 


wife  Margaretha 

Abraham   Rees   and 

wife  Rachel 
Georg  Hefelfanger 

and  wife  Hanna 
Heinr.  Grob  and  wife 

Susanna 

Benjamin   Weil  and 

wife   Elisabeth 
John  Schuler  and  wife 

Maria 
John   Kelly    and    wife 

Sara 

John    Kelly    and    wife 

Sara 
Georg   Nice   and   wife 

Maria 
John   Weil    and   wife 

Sara 
Jacob  Pannebeker   and 

wife  —  Christmann 
John  Heffelfinger 

Abraham  Schmidt   and 

wife   Sara 
Samuel   Taub   and 

wife   Catharina 

Charles  Ba3'er  and 

wife  Sara 
Joh.  Bedmann  and 

wife   Catharina 
Heinrich  Klein   and 

wife   Susanna 


Hanna    Hiltebeutel 

Conrad   Neuman,   Elis. 

Pannebecker 
Fried.  Hildebrand    and 

wife    Catharina 
Jacob  Hetler,   Sara 

Kraus 

John   Groff,  Lydia  Un- 

terkobler 
Jacob   Reed    and    wife 

Magdalena 
Fried.  Grimly  and 

wife  Elisabetha 


the  parents 

Peter    Weil    and    wife 

Catharina 
Philip  Christmann  and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Sam.   Unterkobeler,   N. 

Scholl 
Jacob  Faust,   Sara 

Hauk 
Philip  Ruthy  and  wife 

Elisabetha 

Jos.  GraflF  and  wife 

Elisabetha 
Georg  Emert,  Sara 

Wagner 
Jacob    Schneider    and 

wife  Maria 


414 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Edward,  b.  Sept.   30, 

1824,  bap.   July    17, 
1825 

Catharina,  b.  June  \2, 

1825,  bap.  Sept.   18 
Franz,  b,  ,  bap. 

Sept.  18 
Josua,  b.  Aug.  9,  1825, 

bap.  Oct.  30 
Albert,   b.    Sept.    16, 

1825,  bap.   Oct.   30 
Helnrich,   b.  July   12, 

1825,  bap.  Oct.  25 
Kidiane    (!)    [Kitty 

Anna],  b.  Aug.   20, 

1825,  bap.  Oct.  25 
Isaac,  b.  Sept.  24, 1825, 

bap.  Oct.  26 
Franciscus,  b.  Sept.  29, 

1825,  bap.  Nov.  20 
Adelheit,   b.    Sept.    18, 

1825,  bap.  Nov.  20 
Samuel,  b.  Nov.  7, 1825, 

bap.  Jan.  22,  1826 
Sariane   (  !)   b.  Feb.  5, 

1826,  bap.  May  28 
Anna,  b.  Dec.  14, 1825, 

bap.  May  28,   1826 
Georg,  b.  May  2, 1826, 

bap.  June  18 
Jacob,  b.  ,  bap. 

Sept.  10,  1826 
Johannes,    b.    July    30, 

1826,  bap.  

Georg,    b.   Aug.    30, 

1826,    bap.   Oct.    I 
Catharina,  b.   Oct.   28, 

1826,   bap.    Apr.    12, 

1827 
Catharina,    b.    Dec.    i, 

1826,  bap.   May   20, 

1827 


Parents 
John   Keely    and    wife 
Dorothea 

Jacob   Faust   and   wife 

Barbara 
Salomon  Andreas  and 

wife  Magdalena 
John   Hauck   and   wife 

Elisabetha 
Friedrich    Grimly   and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Jacob   Hilfiker   and 

wife    Maria 
Michael  Hartzell   and 

wife  Catharina 

Tillmann   Kolb   and 

wife  Elisabetha 
Jos.  Keeler  and  wife 

Maria 
Wm.  Nice  and  wife 

Catharina 
Jacob   Faust   and   wife 

Sara 
John  Grimly  and  wife 

Mariane   (  !) 
Michael   Deker   and 

wife    Magdalena 
Jacob  Wunderlich    and 

wife   Christina 
Jacob  Zepp   and   wife 

Sara 
Fr.    Canner    and    wife 

Elisabeth 
Georg   Nice   and  wife 

Maria 
John    Weill    and    wife 

Sara 

Conrad    Keeler    and 
wife    Catharina 


Witnesses 
Salomon   Grimly  and 
wife 

Friedrich  Wald  and 

wife  Magdalena 
the  parents 

Heinr.   Jost   and   Elisa 

Bayer 
Wm.   Dechant   and 

wife  Rebeka   Maria 
Dan.  Hiltebeutel   and 

wife   Elisabetha 
Jonas    Hartzell,    Sara 

Klein 

Jacob   Hilfiker   and 

wife  Maria 
Conrad  Keeler  and 

wife  Catharina 
Jacob    Reifschneider 

and   wife   Catharina 
Peter   Faust,   Becki 

Nice 
the  parents 

Conrad  Keeler  and 

wife  Catharina 
Jacob  Scheid  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
Jacob   Zepp    and   wife 

Catharina 
Jonas    Hartzell    and 

Catharina   Reimer 
Sam.    Scholl    and   wife 

Maria 
Joseph   Schmidt   and 

wife  Maria 

Sam.    Unerkofeler   and 
wife   Susanna 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Burials 


415 


Children 
Johannes,  b.  Mar.   30, 

1827,  bap.  June  10 
Sara,  b.  Febr.  11, 1827, 

bap.  June  10 
Elisabetha,  b.  Jan.  29, 

1827,  bap.  June  10 
Anna,   b.   Jan.  13,  1827 

Cammilla,  b.  Apr.  27, 
1827,  bap.  Sept.  2 

Johan,  b.  Sept.  17, 1827, 

bap.  Oct.  13 

William,    b.   Oct.    8, 
1827,  bap.  Nov.  25 

Wilhelm,   b.   June    16, 

1827,  bap.  Nov.  25 
Joseph,    b.    Apr.    11, 

1828,  bap.  June  22 
Nancy,    b.    Apr.    18, 

1828,  bap.  Aug.  3 
Jesse,  b.  Mar.  5,  1828, 

bap.  Aug.   3 
Jonas,  b.  June  23, 1828, 

bap.  Aug.  24 
Maria,    b.    Dec.    13, 

1825,  hap.   Aug.  24, 

1828 
Mersers    (  !),   b.    Mar. 

II,   1828,   bap.   Aug. 

24 
Rebecca,  b.  July   19, 

1828,  bap.   Sept.   14 
Hanna,   b.   Apr.    17, 

1828,  bap.  Sept.  14 
Matilda,   b.   June   27, 

1828,  bap.  Oct.  5 
Jonas,  b.  Sept.  — ,  bap. 

Oct.  26 
Sophia,  b.  July   19, 

1828,  bap.  Dec.  7 
Isabella,  b.  ,  bap. 

June  14,   1829 


Parents 
Ben.    Weil    and    wife 

Catharina 
Jacob   Faust   and   wife 

Barbara 
Sam.    Weil    and    wife 

Ester 
Jacob    Fischer    and 

wife  Esther 
Jacob  Bok  and  wife 

Anna 
Jacob  Wunderlich    and 

wife   Christina 
Jacob  Schmidt  and 

wife  Maria 
Wilhelm  Nice  and 

wife  Catharina 
Michael   Deker   and 

wife  Magdalena 
Benjamin   Weil   and 

wife   Catharina 
Georg  Zink   and   wife 

Lydia 
Jacob    Reed    and    wife 

Maria 
Robert  Yost   and   wife 

Elisabetha 

Robert  Yost   and   wife 
Elisabetha 

Thomas    Yost    and 

wife   Christina 
Salomon  Enderson    and 

wife  Maria 
Sam.   Weil   and   wife 

Esther 
Jacob   Hauk   and  wife 

Susanna 
Sam.    Slifer    and    wife 

Ester 
Wm.  Nice  and  wife 

Catharina 


Witnesses 
Jacob  Wambold  and 

wife    Catharina 
Jacob   Wagener   and 

Sara  Wald 
Wm.  Eisenberg  and 

Sara  Weil 
Conrad   Geiger   and 

wife  Maria 
Jacob   Quilmann    and 

wife   Margaretha 
Heinr.  Grob  and  wife 

Esther 
John   Hiltebeutel   and 

wife  Sara 
Georg   Nice   and   wife 

Maria 
the   parents 

Peter    Weil    and    wife 

Catharina 
John   Dreisbach  and 

wife  Elisabetha 
Jonas   Hamberger   and 

wife  Dina 
the   parents 


Alexander   Yost,  Maria 
Pannebeker 

Jacob    and    wife 

Elisabetha 


the  parents 

Georg  Borger   and 
wife  Margaretha 

Heinr.   Moll   and  wife 
Elisa 

M.  Ziegler   and   wife 
Nancv 


4i6 


Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppcn 


Children 
Michael,  b.  June  ii, 

1828,  bap.   June    14, 
1829 

Joseph,  b.  Mar.  2, 1829, 

bap.  July  26 
Jacob,    b.  June  25, 1829, 

bap.  July  26 
Sara,  b.  June  28,  1829, 

bap.  Aug.  29 
Heinrich,   b.   Sept.    13, 

1829,  bap.  Nov.  8 
Jesaias,    b.    Jan.    16, 

1830,  bap.  June   6 
Philip    Heinrich,    b. 

May  3,  1830,  bap. 

June  27 
Catharina,  b.  Apr.   13, 

1830,  bap.  July  i8 
Luisa,  b.  Febr.  12, 1830, 

bap.  Aug.  8 
Samuel,  b.  Sept.  — , 

1830,  bap.  Nov.   5 
Heinrich,  b.  Sept.  9, 

1830,  bap.  Nov.  5 
Kidijane    (!)    [Kitty 

Jane],  b.  ,  bap. 

Dec.  12,  1830 
Catharina,   b.  Jan.   25, 

1831 
Melan,    b.    Dec.    12, 

1830,  bap.   Mar.   27, 
1831 

Elomine    (  !),    b.    Jan. 
30,  1831,  bap.  Apr.  17 
Debora,  b.  Febr.   15, 

183 1,  bap.  May  21 
Heinrich,   b.  Jan.   22, 

1831,  bap.  May  22 
Hanna,   b.   Febr.   28, 

1831,  bap.  May  22 
Elisabetha,  b.  Oct.  21, 

1830,   bap.   May   22, 

1831 


Parents  Witnesses 

Michael    Hartzell    and       the  parents 
wife    Catharina 


Johannes  Weil  and 

wife  Sara 
Friedrich  Schmidt    and 

wife  Maria 
Peter  Acker   and   wife 

Ester 
Georg  Schmidt  and 

wife  Maria 
Jacob    May    and    wife 

Elisabetha 
Heinrich    Grobb    and 

wife  Ester 


Daniel    Weil,    Catha- 
rina Schmidt 

Jacob   Klein   and   wife 
Susanna 

Jacob   Ruckstuhl    and 
wife  Sara  Aker 

Heinr.  Hauk  and  wife 
Elisabetha 

Hr.    Franz    and    wife 
Sophia 

Philip    Christmann 
and   wife  Elisabeth 


Sam.    Weil    and    wife       Jonas    Hiltebeutel    and 


Ester 
Sam.    Schlifer  and  wife 

Ester 
Joseph   Gompher   and 

wife  Maria 
Jacob  Hartzell  and 

wife  Catharina 
Samuel   Christmann 

and   wife 

John    Hartzell    and 

wife   Hanna 
Jacob    Schmidt    and 

wife   Margaretha 

Sam.   Leydy   and   wife 

Sophia 
Jonathan  Scholl  and 

wife   Sara 
Jacob  Grobb  and  wife 

Catharina 
Jacob    Huebner   and 

wife   Barbara 
M.   Hartzell   and   wife 

Catharina 


wife  Elisabeth 
Wm.   Wohr   and   Sara 

Scholl 
Jacob  Mak  and  Sarah 

Geiger 
Jacob  Hartzell  and 

wife   Maria 


Conrad  Keeler  and 
wife  Catharina 

Daniel    Kaiser,    Mar- 
garetha Kaiser 

John   Nice  and  wife 
Debora 

Heinrich    Grobb    and 
wife  Ester 

Georg   Hartzell   and 
wife   Catharina 

Philip  Rudy   and   wife 
Elisabetha 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Burials 


417 


Children 
Heinrich,   b.  Jan.   3, 

1831,  bap.  May  22 
Jacob,  b.  May  11,1831, 

bap.  May  22 
Heinrich,  b.  May  4, 

1831,  bap.   May  22 
Johannes,   b.    Nov.   26, 

1830,  bap.   May  29, 
1831 

Sara,  b.  Aug.  7,   1831, 

bap.  Sept.  10 
Sophia,  b.  Oct.  i,  1831, 

bap.  Dec.  25 
Sariane    (  !),   b.    Febr. 

15,1832,  bap.  Apr.  8 
Rebecka,   b.   Oct..   9, 

1831,  bap.  June,  2, 
1832 

Johannes,  b.  Febr.  12, 

1832,  bap.  June  3 
Ester,  b.  Dec.  26,  1831, 

bap.  June  3,  1832 
Johannes,  b.  Oct.  20, 

1831,  bap.  July  I. 

1832 
Christina,   b.   Sept.   29, 

1831,  bap.    July    I, 
1832 

James,   b.  Dec.  12, 1831, 
bap.  July   I,  1832 

Francis,  b.  Nov.   8,1831, 
bap.  July  22,   1832 

Mariane    [Mary 
Anne],  b.  June  10, 

1832,  bap.  July  22 
Maria   Anna,   b.    Apr. 

26,1832,  bap.  Aug.  7 
Daniel,   b.    Apr.    30, 

1832,  bap.  July  22 
Johannes,   b.   May    30, 

1832,  bap.  Sept.  2 
Sophia,  b.  Mar.  8,  bap. 

May  18,  1833 


Parents 
Enoch   Roscho   and 

wife  Sara 
Georg    Erb    and    wife 

Maria 
Jesse  Ziegler  and  wife 

Catharina 
Michael  Gaukeler  and 

wife  Ester 

Joh.   Rukstuhl    and 

wife   Christina 
Johan   Achy   and   wife 

Catharina 
John  Andree  and  wife 

Catharina 
David   Zeis    and    wife 

Sara 

Georg   Pikhard   and 

wife  Maria 
Sam,    Weil    and    wife 

Ester 
Joh.    Weil    and    wife 

Sara 

Friedrich  Focht    (  ?) 
and  wife  Juliane 

Jacob  Bok  and   wife 

Anna 
John    Huth   and    wife 

Elisabetha 
Jacob   Herzell    and 

wife  Catharina 

Georg   Mayer    and 

wife  Catharina 
Henry    Grobb    and 

wife  Ester 
Jacob   Schneider   and 

wife  Magdalena 
John  Ruckstuhl   and 

wife   Christina 


Witnesses 
Heinrich   Faust   and 

wife  Margaret 
Jacob  Erb  and  wife 

Magdalena 
Michael    Ziegler    and 

wife   Hanna 
Leoy   Leidy    and    Sara 

Geiger 

Daniel    Grimm    and 

wife  Sara 
Heinrich  Franz  and 

wife   Sophia 
Jonas    Hilt    and    wife 

Catharina 
Elisabeth    Friedrich 


John    Schmidt   and 
Maria   Pickhardt 
the  parents 


Sam.   Weil   and   wife 
Ester 


the   parents 


John   Scheid   and   wife 

Maria 
Georg  Hartzell   and 

wife    Catharina 
Jacob   Quilmann    and 

wife  Margareta 

Abel  Kahr  and  Marie 

Daniel   Grobb   and 

wife  Hanna 

John   Grobb   and   wife 

Maria 
Georg  Poly 


41 8  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Elders  and  Deacons  who  were  installed  by  me,   Friedrich  Delliker,  on 
June  30,   1782. 

Elders:  George  Herzel,  Andreas  Ohl,  Sr. 

Deacons:  Benjamin  Schuler,  Heinrich  Hohlenbusch,  Ilelnrich  Ohl,  Martin 
Lichty. 

[BURIAL  RECORDS.] 

The  persons  who  were  burled  by  me,  J.  T.  Faber,  in  the  year  1766,  as 
follows: 

1766,  Dec.  26,  was  buried  Jacob  Mayer,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

Persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  John  T.   Faber,  in  he  year   1767,   as 
follows: 

1767,  Jan.  3,  Bernd  Eitel's  little  daughter,  living  at  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
was  buried. 

1767,  Jan.  7,  Johannes,  son  of  Antoni  Lichti,  was  buried,  of  the  congrega- 
tion of  Rittschwell. 

1767,  April  6,  Henrich  Bamberger  was  buried,  of  the  congregation  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen. 

1767,  May  8,  Johannes,  son  of  Johannes  Maurer,  was  buried,  of  New 
Goshenhoppen. 

1767,  May  20,  Andreas,  son  of  Hermann  Gerlach,  was  buried,  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen. 

1767,  May  29,  Albertina,  daughter  of  Andreas  Ohl,  was  buried;   aged  2 

years,  9  months  and  several  weeks,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1767,  March  6,  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Johann  Merden  [Martin]  Wer, 
was  buried;  aged  half  a  year,  several  weeks,  of  Old  Goshnehoppen. 

1767,   Sept.   8,   a   son   of  Jacob   Wentz  was  buried,   named  ;    aged   2 

years,  9  months,  5  days. 

1767,  Sept.  8,  Johannes  Alsentz,  son  of  Johann  Georg  Alsentz,  was  buried; 
aged  4  years,  5  months,  less  2  days,  of  Germantown. 

1768,  Jan.  31,  Alleda,  daughter  of  Sem  (!)  Schuler,  was  buried;  aged  19 
years,  3  weeks  less  2  days. 

1768,  April  14,  Peter  Hollenbusch  was  buried;  aged  59  years. 

1769,  Febr.  27,  a  woman,  named  Regula,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen  was  buried; 
aged  70  years. 

1769,  July  10,  Margaretha,  wife  of  Jost  Keller,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  was 
buried;  aged  about  40  years. 

1769,  Aug.  24,  Margaretha,  daughter  of  Georgus  Kiichler,  of  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen, buried ;  aged  2  years  and  several  months. 

1769,  Aug.  26,  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Joh.  Mainer,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
was  buried;  aged  2  years  and  several  months. 

1769,  Oct.  16,  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Adam  Schmidt,  was  buried,  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen,  aged  i  year  and  i  day. 


Old  Goshenhoppeu — Burials  419 

1769,  Nov.  8,  Johannes,  son  of  Wilhelm  Bayer,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  was 
buried ;  aged  i  year,  7  nnonths  and  about  8  days. 

1770,  March  6,  Johann  Petrus,  son  of  George  Mayer,  of  Old  Goshenhop- 
pen, was  buried;  aged  3  years,  4  months  and  20  days. 

1770,  April  19,  Anna  Catharina  Eckert,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  was  buried; 
born  in  the  year  1740,  about  April,  aged  30  years,  4  months  and  sev- 
eral days. 

1770,  June  30,  the  old  Mr.  Panebecker,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  was  buried; 
aged  59  years,  4  months  and  8  days;  he  was  born  March  10,  1710. 

1771,  Jan.  4,  a  widow,  named  Barbara,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  was  buried; 
aged  61  years  less  9  weeks. 

1771,  Febr.   12,   Ulrich   Herzel,   of   Old   Goshenhoppen,   was   buried;   born 

1705,  Aug.  20,  aged  65  and  a  half  years  less  9  days. 
1771,  Febr.  12,  Johann  Marx  Hertzel,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  was  buried. 

He  was  born  1746,  date  unknown,  aged  24  years,  3  months,  etc. 
1771,   March   16,  Johannes,   a  son   of  Henrich  Raess,  of   Indianfield,   was 

buried.     He  was  born  1754,  March  26,  aged  17  years  less  10  days. 
1771,  March  18,  Gcorg  Wagner  was  buried.     He  was  born  1702,  Febr.  2, 

aged  69  years,  1  month,  16  days. 

1771,  May  8,  Cornelius,  son  of  Ernst  Harr,  of  Indianfield,  was  buried.  He 
was  born  1749,  Febr.  i,  aged  21  years,  3  months,  16  days. 

1772,  April  5,  Eva  ,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  buried.     Born  in  the  year 

1699,  fl^te  unknown,  aged  about  73  years. 

1772,  June   13,   Henrich   Mieker,   of  Old   Goshenhoppen,   was  buried.     He 

was  born  171 5,  date  unknown,  aged  about  57  years. 
1772,  May  23,  a  son  of  Peter  Maener,  was  buried.     Born   1772,  Febr.   17, 

aged  13  weeks  and  3  days. 
1772,  July  12,  Johann  Cantz  was  buried.     Born  1718,  date  unknown,  aged 

about  53  years. 
1772,  July   12,  a  daughter  of  Wilhelm   Demflin   was  buried.     Born   1771, 

August  15,  aged  10  months,  3  weeks,  5  days. 
1772,  July  16,  Johann  Petrus,  son  of  Johann  Leh,  was  buried.     Born  1771, 

Nov.  14,  aged  8  months  less  a  few  days. 
1772,  June  28,  a  child,  named  Jacobus  was  buried.     Born  1771,  March  10, 

aged  I  year,  3  months,  2  weeks  and  i  day. 
1772,  Aug.  25,  a  child  of  Johann  Mabri  was  buried.     Born  1769,  Nov.  13, 

aged  3  years,  9  months,  9  days. 
1772,   Sept.   28,   Johann   Mieker   was   buried.     Born    1753,   date   unknown, 

aged  20  years,  etc. 

1772,  Oct.  14,  Henrich,  a  son  of  Henrich  Hohl,  was  buried.  Born  1759, 
May  6,  aged  13  years  and  perhaps  5  months. 

1773,  Febr.  i,  Catharina  Schuler  was  buried.  Born  May  4,  1695,  aged 
77  years,  3  months  and  several  days. 


420  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

^773}  J3n.  14,  a  child  of  Benjamin  Schuler  was  burled.     Born  1772,  Nov. 

25,  aged  7  weeks. 
1773,  Febr.  5,  a  child  of  Johannes  Hudt  was  buried.     Born  1771,  Nov.  29, 

aged  I  year,  2  months,  4  days. 
1773,    March    30,    a   son   of    Friedrich    Mueller    was   buried.     Born    1767, 

March  i,  aged  6  years,  4  weeks. 
1773.  Aug.  12,  a  son  of  Henrich  Hemsig  was  buried.     Born  1771,  Jan.  30, 

aged  2  years  and  a  half,  11  days. 

1773,  Aug.  30,  a  son  of  Ludwig  Hersch  was  buried.     Born  1773,  July  21, 
aged  5  weeks,  4  days. 

1774,  Jan.  29,  a  son  of  Georg  Michael  Schwartz  was  buried.     Born   1768, 
June  8,  aged  5  years,  7  months,  2  weeks,  5  days. 

1774,  Jan.   31,  son  of  Andreas  Werner  was  buried.     Born    1773,  Nov.   6, 
aged  14  months,  3  weeks,  2  days. 

1774,  May  21,  a  woman,  named  was  buried.     Born   1730,  Aug.  — , 

aged  43  years,  9  months. 

1775,  Jan.  I,  Samuel  Schuler  was  buried.     Born   1717,  beginning  of  Feb- 
ruary, aged  58  years. 

J775,  March  20,  the  wife  of  Johann  Faust  was  buried.     Born   1720,  June 

25,  aged  about  55  years. 

177s,  April  3,  a  son  of  Simon  May  was  buried.     Born  1752,  day  unknown, 

aged  23  years,  6  months. 
1775,  May  31,  a  daughter  of  Johannes  Hud  was  buried.     Born  1765,  Sept. 

26,  aged  9  years,  9  months,  2  weeks,  4  days. 

1775,   Oct.   7,   Mr.   Roerig   was   buried.     Born    1698,   day   unknown,    aged 
about  77  years. 

1775,  Dec.  13,  the  wife  of  Philip  Gerig  was  buried.     Born   1696,  day  un- 
known, aged  about  79  years. 

1776,  Febr.  24,  the  old  Jacob  Hauk  was  buried.     Born  1690,  day  unknown, 
aged  about  87  years. 

1776,  April  9,  the  old  Mrs.  Hud  was  buried.     Born   1707,  day  unknown, 

aged  about  76  years. 
1776,  June  23,  the  old  Mrs.  Mebri  was  buried.     Born   1699,  beginning  of 

November,  aged  76  years  and  7  months  and  several  weeks. 

1776,  Nov.  30,  a  son  of  Andreas  Werner  was  buried.     Born   1774,  Febr. 
1,  aged  2  years,  10  months,  3  weeks,  4  days. 

1777,  Febr.  21,  a  daughter  of  Henrich  Hemstich  was  buried.     Born  1776, 
May  18,  aged  9  months,  i  day. 

1777,  March  21,  Joh.  Simon  May  was  buried.     Born   1701,  beginning  of 

April,  aged  77  years. 
1777,  July  12,  a  son  of  Joh.  Jacobus  Schweissfort  was  buried.     Born   1775, 
Oct.  5,  aged  2  years  less  3  months. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Burials  421 

1777,  Aug.    II,  Erhart  Weis,   an   elder,   was  buried.     Born    1723,   Jan.   6, 

aged  54  years,  7  months  and  some  days. 
1777,  Sept.  4,  a  son  of  Jacob  Wagner  was  buried.     Born   1777,  Febr.   14 
aged  6  months,  3  weeks.  '  ' 

1777,  Sept.  6,  a  child  of  Philip  Bayer  was  buried.     Born  1777,  Jan.  i,  aged 

8  months,  9  days. 
1777,  Sept.  6,  a  child  of  Peter  Hofstatt  was  buried.     Born  1774,  June  25, 

aged  3  years,  2  months  and  some  days. 
1777,   Sept.   6,   a   daughter   of   Henrich   Werner   was   buried.     Born    1768, 

March  25,  aged  9  years,  5  months,  3  weeks. 
1777,  Sept.  20,  a  child  of  Peter  Maener  was  buried.     Born   1776,   March 

10,  aged  I  year,  4  months,  8  days. 
1777,  Sept.  24,  a  child  of  Ludwig  Moyer  was  buried.     Born  1776,  July  28, 

aged  I  year,  2  months,  3  weeks,  2  days. 
1777,  Sept.  29,  a  son  of  Peter  Maener  was  buried.     Born   1761,  Febr.   10, 

aged  16  years,  7  months,  2  weeks,  4  days. 
1777,  Sept.  21,  a  daughter  of  Henrich  Hut  was  buried.     Born   1769,  May 

2,  aged  8  years,  4  months,  3  weeks. 
1777,  Oct.  ij,  a  son  of  Friedrich  Rudi  was  buried.     Born   1775,  April  9, 

aged  2  years,  6  months,  8  days. 
1777,  Oct.  19,  a  child  of  Adam  Hildebeutel  was  buried.     Born  1773,  May 

21,  aged  4  years,  5  months  less  3  days. 
1777,  Dec.   13,  the  wife  of  Martin  Lichtel  was  buried.     Born   1750,  Jan. 

12,  aged  27  years,,  11  months. 
1777,  Nov.  15,  a  daughter  of  the  old  Mr.  Goetz  was  buried.     Born   1722, 

Oct.  28,  aged  55  years,  2  weeks,  i  day. 
1777,  Dec.  12,  Antoni  Lichtel  was  buried.     Born  1702,  day  unknown,  aged 
75  years  and  a  half. 

1777,  Dec.  23,  the  old  Mr.  Goetz  was  buried.     Born   1696,  day  unknown, 
aged  81  years. 

1778,  Jan.  27,  the  wife  of  Johann  Huepner  was  buried.     Born   1727,  Dec. 
5,  aged  50  years,  i  month,  3  weeks. 

1778,  Febr.  24,  Catharina  Kraeber  was  buried.     Born  1709,  dav  unknown, 

aged  about  68  years. 
1778,  June  5,  a  son  of  Joh.  Nais  was  buried.     Born   1778,  April  10,  aged 

7  weeks,  5  days. 

1778,  July  23,  a  son  of  Adam  Hollebusch  was  buried.     Born   1774,   July 

14,  aged  4  years,  9  days. 
1778,  July  28,  the  wife  of  Christian  Hollebusch  was  buried.     Born   1709, 

day  unknown,  aged  69  years. 
1778,  Aug.  3,  a  son  of  Conrad  Rickard  was  buried;   born   1775,  Jan.  25, 

aged  3  years,  7  months. 


422  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1778,   Aug.   27,   Christian   Holiebusch   was   buried.  Born    1718,   March   i, 

aged  60  years,  6  months,  less  6  days. 

1778,  Nov.  18,  a  child  of  Andreas  Ohl  was  buried.  Born  1776,  ,  aged 

2  years,  8  months,  3  days. 

List  of  the  dead  and  buried  during  the  ministry  of  Friedrich  Daelliker, 
pastor  of  this  congregation  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

Anno  1783. 

Febr.  12,  Wilhelm,  son  of  Samuel  Schuler  and  wife  Elisabeth;   aged  two 

weeks  and  5  days. 
May  3,  Johann  Adam,  son  of  Peter  Minner  and  Barbara,  his  wife,  aged 

7  months  less  7  days. 
July   13,  Anna  Maria  Magdalena  Wenz,  wife  of  the   late  Philip   Wenz ; 

aged  61  years,  5  months,  11  days. 

1784 

Jan.  15,  Georg,  son  of  Heinrich  Faust  and  Catharina,  his  wife;  aged  3 
weeks,  3  days. 

Under  the  ministry  of  Frid.  Wilh.  v.  d.  Sloot. 
July  10,  Catarina  Weigant,  aged  82  years,  5  months. 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber,  in  the  year 
1787. 

Febr.  27,  Elisabetha  Huepner  was  buried;  aged  33  years  less  i  month. 
*  April  8,  the  wife  of  Peter  Hauk  was  buried;  aged  62  years,  9  months. 
May   12,   a   negro  of   George   Hertzel   was  buried;    aged    19   years   less   a 

quarter. 
Nov.  15,  a  child  of  Jacob  Gerhart  was  buried;  aged  3  years,  3  months,  11 

days. 
Dec.  4,  the  young  Henrich  Bok  was  buried;   aged  21  years,  4  months,   3 
days. 

1788. 

April  17,  a  son  of  our  schoolmaster,  Johann  Daniel  Jung,  was  buried, 
named  Johann  Friedrich;  aged  4  years,  i  month,  12  days. 

April  20,  Elisabeth  Bittel  was  buried;  aged  85  years,  3  months,  i  day. 

April  21,  the  old  Mr.  Dickenschied  was  buried;  aged  about  90  years. 

April  29,  the  old  Mrs.  Boyer  was  buried;  aged  78  years,  8  months,  17 
days. 

Oct.  6,  a  daughter  of  Johann  Salate  was  buried;  aged  3  years,  11  months 
less  3  days. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Burials  423 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  John  Theo.   Faber,  Jr,  in  this 
congregation. 

1792. 

June  22,  a  daughter  of  Henrich  Faust  was  buried;  aged  4  months,  1+  days 
A  daughter  of  Johannes  Buek  was  buried;  aged  5  years,  8  months,  27  days. 

1793- 
Daniel  Hofman,  aged  66  years. 
Mrs.  Gemmel,  aged  43  years,  8  months,  2  weeks. 
Old  Mrs.  Moy,  aged  90  years. 
John  Neise's  child,  aged  9  years,  7  months,  19  days. 
Christian  Scheid's  wife,  aged  54  years. 
John  Scheid's  child,  aged  3  years,  6  months,  3  days. 
John  Saladay's  child,  aged  6  years,  10  months,  3  weeks,  3  days. 
John  Saladay's  child,  aged  3  years,  2  months,  2  weeks,  2  days. 
Jacob  Weyand's  child,  aged  9  years,  6  months,  2  weeks,  2  days. 
Balser  Reed's  child,  aged  9  years,  8  months,  3  days. 
Ludwig  Mayer,  aged  69  years. 
Ludwig  Ache's  child    (born    1788,   May  23),   aged    5   years,   4  months,   3 

weeks. 
Ludwig  Ache's  child   (born  1790,  Febr.  20),  aged  3  years,  8  months. 
William  Anderson's  child  (born  1788,  Febr.  12),  aged  5  years,  8  months,  i 

week,  1  day. 

William  Anderson's  child   (born  1790,  Aug.  5),  aged  3  years,  2  months,  3 

weeks,  3  days. 
John  Leets  (born  1731,  Aug.),  aged  64  years. 

Vaust,  a  small  child,  a  few  days  old. 

George   Hertzel's  child,   Johannes,   born    1794,   Febr.   27,   aged   i   year,   11 

days. 
Jacob  Smith,  born  1757,  April  i,  aged  38  years,  1  month  less  2  days. 

List  of  those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me  in  the  year  1808,  June  12. 
Magdalena  Ache,  died  July  n,  1808,  aged  3  years,  2  months,  14  days. 
Johann  Bidding,  aged  about  28  years,  10  months. 
Scharlotte  Faust,  aged  41  years,  6  months,  4  days. 
Jacock  Zinck,  died  Dec.  14,  aged  5  months,  8  weeks. 

1809 
Jacob  Schuler,  buried  Febr.  27.  aged  8  years,  7  months,  3  weeks. 


424  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppcn 

MARRIAGES. 

Those  persons  who  were  united  in  marriage  by  me,  John  Th.  Faber,  in 

the  year  1767. 

1767,  Jan.  20,  Bernd,  son  of  Friedr.  Goetz,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  married 
Eva  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Johannes  Mack,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1767,  May  7,  Georg,  son  of  Johannes  Mack,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  mar- 
ried Elisabetha,  daughter  of  David  Martin,  of  the  Oley  Mountains. 

1767,  Sept.  24,  Georg,  son  of  the  late  Mr.  Brenneholtz,  of  New  Goshen- 
hoppen, married  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  Samuel  Mils,  of  Heidel- 
berg township. 

1768,  April  14,  Georg  Henrich,  son  of  the  late  George  Schneider,  of  Phila- 
delphia, married  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Isaac  Somni,  of  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

1768,  May  30,  Henrich,  son  of  Henrich  Diets,  of  Upper  Salford,  married 
Catharina,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Gerhart,  of  Franconia  township. 

1768,  Sept.  15,  V^alentin,  son  of  Valentin  Haak,  of  Lower  Salford  town- 
ship, married  Maria  Elisabetha,  daughter  of  Petrus  Edinger,  of  Lower 
Salford. 

1768,  Sept.  25,  Martinus,  son  of  Anton  Lichtel,  of  Upper  Salford,  married 
Catharina,  daughter  of  the  late  Jacob  Weidmann,  of  Upper  Salford. 

1769,  March  28,  Wilhelmus,  son  of  Henrich  Frey,  of  Lower  Salford,  mar- 
ried Christina,  daughter  of  Mr.  Heineman,  of  Lower  Salford  (the 
father  is  still  in  Germany). 

1769,  May  23,  Joh.  Schmidt,  son  of  the  late  Wilhelm  Schmidt,  of  Falckner 
Swamp,  married  Catharine  Nungasser,  widow  of  the  late  Mr.  Nun- 
gasser,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1769,  Aug.  22,  Christoph,  son  of  Jacob  Bruckert,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
married  Magdalena,  daughter  of  Georg  Kuchler,  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen. 

1769,  Nov.  21,  Simon  Crineus,  widower,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  married 
Margaretha  Klapper,  widow,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1770,  Jan.  9,  Wendel,  son  of  Wendel  Wiand,  of  New  Goshenhoppen,  mar- 
ried Catharina,  daughter  of  Erhart  Weis,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1770,  June  21,  Johannes  Jung  (the  father  is  still  in  Germany),  of  New 
Goshenhoppen,  married  Susanna  Walder,  daughter  of  the  late  Jacob 
Walder,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1771,  April  2,  Johannes,  son  of  Friedr.  Kern,  married  Maria  Magdalena 
Rudi,  daughter  of  Dietrich  Rudi,  of  Ridgewell. 

1771,  June  II,  Philippus,  son  of  the  Georg  Schambach,  of  Lower  Salford, 
married  Margaretha  Henrich,  daughter  of  Henrich  Henrich,  of  Hat- 
field township. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Marriages  425 

1771,  Oct.  27,  Jacob  Elinger,  widower,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  married 
Barbara  Schenck,  widow,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1772,  April  28,  Philip  x\ais,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Nais,  of  Old  Goshenhop- 
pen, married  Elisabetha  Leidig,  daughter  of  Jacob  Leidig,  of  Fran- 
conia  township. 

1772,  May  12,  Adam  Hiltebeutel,  son  of  the  late  Martin  Hiltebeutel,  of 
Old  Goshenhoppen,  married  Salome  Klein,  daughter  of  Johannes 
Klein,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1772,  May  19,  Jacob  Gerhart,  son  of  the  late  Peter  Gerhart,  of  Franconia 
township,  married  Elisabetha  Detter,  daughter  of  Conrad  Better,  of 
Franconia  township. 

1772,  June  2,  Conrad  Gerhart,  son  of  the  late  Peter  Gerhart,  of  Franconia 
township,  married  Anna  Maria  Nais,  daughter  of  Johan  Nais,  of 
Falckner  Swamp. 

1772,  Sept.  15,  Benjamin  Schuler,  son  of  Samuel  Schuler,  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen, married  Catharina  Mincker,  daughter  of  the  late  Henr. 
Minker,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1772,  Nov.  17,  Rudolph  Segler,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Segler,  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen, married  Catharina  Wolfart,  daughter  of  Nicolaus  Wolfart, 
of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1773,  May  27,  Joh.  Hartenstein,  son  of  Ludwig  Hartenstein,  of  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen, married  Magdalena  Hollebusch,  son  of  the  late  Peter  Holle- 
busch,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1774,  Jan.  4,  Christian  May,  son  of  Friedrich  May,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
married  Maria  Elis.  Krein,  daughter  of  the  late  Joh.  Jacob  Kien  (!), 
of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1774,  Jan-  6,  Andreas  Ries,  son  of  the  late  Henrich  Ries,  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen, married  Margaretha  Somni,  daughter  of  Isaac  Somni,  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen. 

1774,  March  i,  Joseph  Werner,  son  of  Joh.  Werner,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
married  Barbara  Graf,  daughter  of  Jacob  Graf,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1774,  March  8,  Joh.  Roerich,  son  of  Nicolas  Roerich,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
married  Regina  Kaemmer,  daughter  of  the  late  Jacob  Kaemmer,  of 
Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1774,  Aug.  21,  Abraham  Wolfart,  son  of  Nicolaus  Wolfart,  of  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen, married  Anna  Margr.  Panebecker,  daughter  of  Weyand 
Pancbecker,  of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1775,  April  4,  Jacob  Weiant,  son  of  Georg  Weiant,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
married  Salome  Renn,  daughter  of  the  late  Michael  Renn,  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen. 

1775,  Nov.  2,  Paul  Knoepper,  son  of  the  late  Conrad  Knoepper,  of  Lower 
Salford,  married  Margaretha  Hollebusch,  daughter  of  Christian 
Hollebusch,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 


426  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppcn 

1775,  Oct.  29,  Hartman  Keil,  son  of  the  late  Adam  Keil,  of  Franconia 
township,  married  Catharina  Herschberger,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Herschberger,  of  Franconia  township. 

1776,  Jan.  16,  Henrich  Ohl,  son  of  Andreas  Ohl,  of  Old  Goshenhopp^, 
married  Margaretha  Sitzman,  daughter  of  Christian  Sitzman,  of 
Lower  Milford  township. 

1776,   May  7,   Jacob   Wagner,   son   of   the   late   Michael   Wagner,   of   Old 

Goshenhoppen,  married  Barbara  Deis,  daughter  of  the  late  Peter  Deis, 

of  Lower  Salford. 
1776,  May  14,  Philip  Weiss,  son  of  Erhart  Weiss,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 

married  Anna  Marg.   Schmid,  daughter  of  the  late   Henrich  Schmid, 

of  New  Goshenhoppen. 
1776,  May  26,  Abraham  Graf,  son  of  Jacob  Graf,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 

married   Magd.   Wagner,   daughter   of   the   late   Michael   Wagner,   of 

Old  Goshenhoppen. 
1776,  July  2,  Jacob  Schmidt,  son  of  the  late  Henrich  Schmid,  of  New  Gosh- 
enhoppen,   married    Elisabetha    Weis,    daughter   of    Erhart    Weis,    of 

New  Goshenhoppen. 
1776,  July  2,  Jacob  Schuler,  of  Macungie,  married   Elisabetha   Schneider, 

daughter  of  Leonhart  Schneider,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 
1776,  Aug.  20,  Joh.  Hiebner,  son  of  Joh.  Hiebner,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 

married   Maria    Naiman,   daughter   of   Marcus   Naiman,   of   Limerick 

township. 
1776.  Sept.  3,  Adam  Henrich,  son  of  Joh.  Henrich,  of  Limerick  township, 

married   Anna   Maria   Hollebusch,   daughter  of  the   late   Peter  Holle- 

busch,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 
1776,  Aug.  28,  Abraham  Berge,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Ulrich  Berge,  of  Lower 

Salford,  married  Salome  Gerges,  daughter  of  the  late  Wilhelm  Gerges, 

of  Lower  Salford  township. 
1776,  Oct.  22,  Joh.  Nais,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Nais,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 

married  Catharina  Hud,  daughter  of  Joh.  Hudt,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 

1776,  Oct.  31,  Joh.  Heinemann,  son  of  the  late  Henrich  Heinemann,  of 
Old  Goshenhoppen,  married  Barbara  Nais,  daughter  of  Joh.  Nais,  of 
Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1777,  Febr.  11,  Joh.  Schuler,  son  of  the  late  Samuel  Schuler,  of  Old  Gosh- 
enhoppen, married  Catharina  Eitemueller,  daughter  of  Joh.  Eite- 
mueller,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1777,  Febr.  4,  Jonas  Schatz,  son  of  the  late  Philip  Schatz,  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen, married  Catharina  Ried,  daughter  of  Phil.  Ried,  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen. 

1777,  May  25,  Abraham  Nais,  son  of  the  late  Joh.  Nais,  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen, married  Magdalena  Cantes,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Cantes, 
of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Marriages  427 

1777,  Aug  26,  Gerhart  Bingeman,  son  of  Fried.  Bingeman,  of  Limerick 
townsh.p,  nnarr,ed  Elis.  Kentel,  daughter  of  Joseph  Kentel,  of  Lim- 
encic  township.  ' 

1777,  Nov.  25,  Jacob  Weiss,  son  of  the  late  Erhart  Weiss,  of  Old  Go.hen- 

sZid;  TnuV^'r'r'"   '''""''^'    '^"^^^"   ^^^   ^^e   late    Henrich 
Schmidt,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1778,  March  10,  Johann  Gerhart,  son  of  the  late  Peter  Gerhart    of  Fran- 

Zt  .rTnljVT'u'    ^^^^^'-^    ""^-'.    daughter    'of    Georg 
Hertzel,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

1778,  June  9,  Philip  Leydich,  son  of  the  Rev.  Leydich,  of  Frederick  town- 
ship, married  Rosina  Bucher,  daughter  of  Dietrich  Bucher,  of  Falckner 
Swamp. 

1779,  April  II,  Martin  Lichtel,  son  of  the  late  AntonI  Lichtel  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen,  married  Catharina  Graf,  daughter  of  Joh  Graf  of 
Upper  Salford. 

X779,    June    13,    David    Graf,    widower,    married    Anna    Maria    Henwin 

widow,  both  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 
1779,  October  5,  Felix  Leh,  son  of  Joh.  Leh,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  married 

Margaretha  Tresman,   daughter  of  the   late  Joh.   Georg  Tresman    of 

rrovidence  township. 

List  of  those  persons   who  were   united   in   marriage   by   me,   Friedrich 
Dellicker. 

T782. 

Aug   6,  Jacob  Seibel,  son  of  the  late  Conrad  Seibel,  married  Anna  Magda- 

pTm  f;"'  ^^"ghf"  °f  H^"«  Adam  Zern,  of  Malbruk   (!)    township, 
Philadelphia  County. 

September  19,  Richard  Herrison,  son  of  John  Herrison,  of  Union  township. 

Berks  County,  married  Catharina  Zug,  daughter  of  Abraham  Zug,  of 

UJd  Goshenhoppen. 
Septernber  22,  Godfrid  Wiseler,  son  of  Jacob  Wiseler,  and  Eva  Catharina 

Weiss    daughter  of  the  late  Hans  Edward  Weiss,  both  of  Frederick 

township. 

1783. 
Febr.  20.  Peter  Dinges  married  Maria  Haas,  both  of  Malbrouk  township. 
May  20    Johannes  Buch,  son  of  the  late  Jacob  Buch,   married   Catharina 
Schlotter,  daughter  of  Wilhelm  Schlotter,  of  Upper  Salford. 
List  of  the  persons  who  were  united  in  marriage  by  me,   F.  W.   v.   d. 

1784. 

Nov.  25  Jacob  Schoet,  son  of  Henrich  Schoet,  of  Whitpain  township,  mar- 
ried Ehsabetha  Bock,  daughter  of  the  late  Peter  Bock,  of  Marlebrucht 
(  !)   township. 


428  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1794. 

Aug.  23,  Solomon  Grimly,  son  of  Solomon  Grimly,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen, 
married  Hannah  Druckenmiller,  also  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

Persons  ^vho  were  united  in  marriage  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber. 

1787. 

Febr.  27,  Joh.  Gipsen  married  Nensi   [Nancy]   Mils,  both  of  Old   Gosh- 
enhoppen. 

Aug.  14,  Valentin  Kili,  of  Montgomery  township,  married  Maria  Grimli, 
of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

Dec.   2,   Philip   Schillig,   of   Skippack   township,    married    Salome    Grimli, 
both  of  Old  Goshenhoppen. 

March  11,  Gabriel  Schuler  married  Catharina  Ren,  both  of  Old  Goshen- 
hoppen. 

1788. 

April  15,  Peter  Hollebusch,  of  Old  Goshenhoppen,  married  Susanna  Schell, 
of  Falkner  Swamp. 

List  of  the  persons  who  were  united  in  marriage  by  me  [Albert  Helflfcn- 
stein],  in  the  year  1808,  beginning  July  12th. 
Philip  Rudi  and  Elisabeth  Taub,  Oct.  17th. 

LIST  OF  CATECHUMENS. 

List  of  those  persons  who  were  confirmed  by  me  on  April   17,   1767,  in 
Great  Swamp,  they  being  from  the  Old   Goshenhoppen  congregation. 

Boys:  Girls: 

1.  Jacob  Weiant,  aged  21  years  i.  Maria  Gan,  aged  20  years 

2.  Henrich   Faust,   aged   16  years  2.  Sophia  Jung,  aged   15  years 

3.  Philip  Nais,  aged  16  years  3.  Catharina  Jung,   aged   14  years 

4.  Johan  Nais,  aged   13  years  4.  Elisabetha      Kuchler,      aged      16 

5.  Conrad  Ferdinand,  aged  17  years  years 

6.  Wilhelm  Antig,  aged   16  years  5.  Anna    Marg.    Hollebusch,    aged 

7.  Hardman,    aged   17  years  13  years 

8.  A    negro,   named    Coff,   aged    30  6.  Anna     Maria     Faust,     aged     14 

years  years 

7.  Catharina  Licht,  aged   14  years 

8.  Christina  Strieker,  aged  13  years 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Catechumens  429 

April    10,    1768. 

1.  Daniel  Schambach,  aged  15  years       i.  Margaretha      Somni,     aged      14 

2.  Peter    Hollenbusch,  aged  15  years  years 

3.  Peter  Schuck,  aged  15  years  2.  Catharina     Wolfart,      aged      15 

years 

3.  Maria  Elis.  Kaub,  aged  14  years 

4.  Anna    Christina    Laub,    aged    15 

years 

March  24,   1769. 

1.  Christian  May,  aged  131^  years  i.  Magd.     Hollebusch,     aged     i^Vz 

2.  Joh.  Sem,  aged  15  years  years 

3.  Joseph  Keller,   aged   i^Vi  years  2.  Barbara  Keiter,  aged  i^Vz  years 

4.  Wilh.  Keller,  aged  ij]/.  years  3.  Magdalena   Bruckert,   aged   isVz 

5.  Alexander  OhI,  aged   155^  years  years 

6.  Joh.    Adam    Mueller,    aged     13  4.  Anna     Mar.     Hollebusch,     aged 

y""  liVz  years 

7.  Joh.  Ohl,  aged   131^  years  5.  Barbara  Muck,  aged  14  years 

May  13,  1770. 

1.  Jacob  Weitman,   aged   15  years  1.  Elisabetha  Weis,  aged  14  years 

2.  Friedr.  Stall,  aged  15  years  2.  Maria   Wolfart,    aged    14  years 

3.  An  adult  named  Jacob  Schwartz,       3.  Maria   Hollebusch,  aged  19  years 

aged  27  years  4.  Magdalena  Keller,  aged  15  years 

5.  Magd.  Ruckstuhl,  aged   15  years 

6.  Hanna    Sibilla   Muller,    aged    17 

years 

March  29,   1771. 

1.  Valentin    Schneider,    aged    17^^       i.  Anna     Maria     Schneider,     aged 

y*^"  19^  years 

2.  Ludwig     Schambach,     aged     15       2.  Elisabetha  Jung,  aged  15  years 

,  y^^"  3-  Elis.     Barbara     Faust,     aged     15 

3.  Wilhelm  Hiester,  aged   14  years  years 

April  17,  1772. 

1.  Ludwig     Volckert,     aged      17!/^       i.  Elis.  Doerr,  aged   15  years 

y""  2.  Elis.  Antig,  aged  18  years 

2.  Wilhelm   Daniel   Bruckert,    aged       3.  Cath.  Faust,  aged  14  years 

16  years 

3.  George    Adam    Derr,    aged    19 

years 
Besides   these   three   men. 
29 


430  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

April  24,  1773. 

1.  Henrich  Hersch,  aged   14  years  1.  Eva   VVeis,  aged   14  years 

2.  Friedr.   Mueller,   aged   14  years  2.  Catharina   Hud,    14  years 

3.  Jacob  Muck,  aged  14  years  3.  Catharina   Somni,   aged   14  years 

4.  Abraham  Nais,  aged   17  years  4.  Marg.   Hertzel,   aged   16  years 

5.  Barbara   Nais,  aged    15  years 

6.  Anna    Mar.    Mueller,    aged    16 

years 

April  I,  1774. 

Boys:  i.  Catharina   Lueck,   aged   15  years 

1.  Felix  Leh,  aged   18  years  2.  Catharina    Hollebusch,    aged    14 

2.  Philip   Riedt,   aged   13  years  years 

3.  Baltzer  Riedt,  aged   16  years 

4.  Wilhelm  Ohl,  aged  16  years 

5.  Johann  Weitman,  aged   16  years 

April  14,  1775. 

1.  Joh.  Weis,  aged  14  years  1.  Anna    Maria     Hersch,    aged    15 

2.  Samuel  Schuler,  aged  15^  years  years 

3.  Georg  Nais,  aged  16  years  2.  Eva  Marg.  Hud,  aged  14  years 

3.  Magdalena  Jung,  aged   15  years 

4.  Magdalena     Hertzel,     aged     15 

years 

April  13,  1776. 

I.  Nicolaus  Maenner,  aged   16  years       i.  Eva   Somni,  aged   15  years 

2-  Ohl,  aged   16  years  2.  Cath.  Hertzel,  aged   16  years 

3-  Bossert,   aged   16  years  3.  Elis.  Ohl,  aged  14  years 

April   12,  1777. 

1.  Georg  Kerschner,  aged   16  years       i.  Barbara   Hersch,  aged   15  years 

2.  Jacob  Schreiner,  aged   14  years 

3.  Jacob  Lehe,  aged  16  years 

April  2,  1779. 

1.  Margaretha     Wolfart,     aged     14       2.  Anna  Trolinger,  aged   17  years 
years  3.  Margaretha     Manner,    aged     15 

years 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Catechumens 


431 


The  following  children  were  confirmed  at  Old  Goshenhoppen  by  me,  Joh. 
Wiih.  Ingold,  of  this  congregation,  from  Old  Goshenhoppen. 


April  21, 

Boys : 
Jacob  Rudi,  aged  17  years 
Philip  Neumann,  aged  15  years 
Samuel   Schuler,   aged   14  years 
Ludwig  Ache,  aged   18  years 
Jacob  Schuler,  aged   17  years 
Jacob  Ache,  aged   14  years 
Ulrich  Rukstul,  aged   17  years 
Henrich  Schuler,  aged  17  years 
From  Great  Swamp: 
Henrich  Huber,   aged   17  years 
Valentin   Huber,  aged   18  years 
Conrad     Nunnbauer,     aged     16 

years 
Peter  Willauer,  aged  16  years 
Peter  Samsel,  aged  17  years 
Emanuel    Hecher,  aged  17   years 
Georg  Dittlo,  aged  17  years 
From  New   Goshenhoppen : 
Jacob  Maurer,  aged   19  years 
Joh.   Nicol.  Zimmermann,   aged 

16  years 
Georg  Maurer,  aged  16  years 
From  Kestenberg: 
Jacob  Huber,  aged   14  years 
Joh.  Berkenstok,   aged    15  years 
Henrich   Huber,   aged    19   years 


1781. 

1.  Catharina  Rudi,   aged   16  years 

2.  Elisabetha  Neus,  aged   iS  years 

3.  Susanna    Dikenschid,    aged     15 

3.  Samuel   Schuler,   aged   14  years  years 

4.  Ludwig  Ache,  aged   18  years  4.  Maria   Neus,   aged   16  years 

5.  Jacob  Schuler,  aged   17  years  5.  Charlotta  Mayer,  aged  15  years 

6.  Jacob  Ache,  aged   14  years  6.  Catharina   Ohl,   aged   14  years 

7.  Ulrich  Rukstul,  aged   17  years  7.  Margaretha     Doerr,     aged     18 

years 

8.  Margaretha    Walliser,    aged    i8 
years 

9.  Susanna   Hirsch,   aged   15   years 

10.  Anna    Elisa.    Wund,    aged     15 
years 

From    Great    Swamp: 

11.  Catharina   Huber,  aged  14  years 

12.  Barbara     Eberhard,     aged      14 
years 

13.  Catharina    Eberhard,    aged    15 
years 

14.  Anna     Maria     Eberhard,     aged 
14  years 

15.  Margaretha     Dittlo,     aged     17 
years 

From    Kestenberg: 

16.  Magdalena     Menxel,     aged     17 
years 

17.  Barbara     Stahlneker,     aged     15 

years 

18.  Maria   Gock,  aged   16  years 

19.  Fronica  Huber,  aged  i6  years 

On  May  26,  1782,  the  following  were  confirmed  by  me,  Friedrich  Del- 
licker. 


Christian  Bidhard 
Heinrich   Ebrecht 
Conrad  Hut 
Georg  Weiss 


Sara  Ebrecht 
Sophia  Leen 
Veronica  Heinemann 
Dorothea  Holdenbusch 


432 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


On  May  24,  1783,  the  following  were  confirmed: 


Conrad   Misnner 
Heinrich  Bock 
Daniel  Frej'meier 
Johannes  Schuler 
Abraham  Zaerckel 


Anna  Margareth  Neiss,  married 
Magdalena  Schuler 
Catharina   Zaerkel 


Those  persons  who  were  confirmed  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber,  on  April 
6,  1787,  here  in  Old  Goshenhoppen: 


Boys: 

1.  Henrich  Hersch,  aged   14  years 

2.  Peter  Hersch,   aged   15  years 

3.  Adam  Bickart,  aged   18  j'ears 

4.  Peter  Bock,  aged  15  years 

5.  Bil  Schuler,  aged  15  years 

6.  Johann   Ache,   aged   15   years 

7.  Daniel  Berto,  aged  20  years 

8.  Antoni   Berto,   aged   15  years 

9.  Joh.   Grimli,   aged   16  years 


Girls: 

1.  Sela  Grol,  aged  17  years 

2.  Balle  Rudi,  aged   17  years 

3.  Catharina     Werner,     aged      17 

years 

4.  Marg.   Hertzel,   aged   17  years 

5.  Salome  Grimli,   aged   18  years 

6.  Maria  Berto,  aged   17  years 

7.  Catharina      Lichtel,      aged      17 

years 

8.  Anna  Maria  Zanckmeister,aged 

18  years 

9.  Elisabetha   Scholl,  aged  17  years 
10.  Susanna  Scholl,  aged  17  years 


Those  children   from  Old   Goshenhoppen  who  on  April    12,   1788,  were 
confirmed  by  me,  Joh.  Theob.  Faber,  in  the  church  at  Great  Swamp: 

1.  Andreas    Wetknecht,    aged     15 

years 

2.  Johann  Stroman,  aged  17  years 

3.  Joh.     Georg    Moyer,     aged     15 


years 

4.  Martin   Schmidt,   aged  22  years 

5.  Johann  Keller,  aged  23  years 

6.  Johann    Weittemayer,    aged    17 

years 

7.  David    Dickenschied,    aged    16 

years 

8.  Abraham  Mayer,  aged  17  years 

9.  Solomon   Grimli,  aged   16  years 


1.  Magdalena     Moyer,     aged     14 
years 

2.  Anna   Maria   Stroman,   aged   15 
years 

3.  Anna  Marg.  Coppelberger,  aged 

16  years 

4.  Margaretha     Wentz,     aged     15 

years 

5.  Magdalena  Eckli,  aged  15  years 

6.  Christina  Mayer,  aged   17  years 

7.  Catharina  Eckli,   aged   15  years 

8.  Catharina  Groll,  aged   16  years 

9.  Magdalena     Grimli,     aged     16 

years 


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433 


lo.  Abr.  Bingeman,  aged  18  years         lo.  Elisabeth      Reimer,      aged      19 

years 

11.  Anna     Maria    Lein,     aged     15 

years 

12.  Elis.  Zaerkel,  aged  18  years 

13.  Marg.  Zaerkel,   aged   16  years 

Those   persons  who  on   March  29,    1793,   were  confirmed  by  me,   Joh. 
Faber,  in  Old  Goshenhoppen: 

No  boys  Girls: 

Catharina  Strohman,  aged  17  years 
Catharina  Weyer,  aged  16  years 
Catharina  Schweifort,  aged  16  years 
Catharina  Lichti,  aged  16  years 
Magdalena  Brickert,  aged  16  years 
Magdalena  Sassaman,  aged  17 
years 

Those  children  of  this  congregation  who  on  Easter  Sunday,   1794.  were 
confirmed  in  New  Goshenhoppen  by  me,  Joh.  Faber: 


Boys : 

1.  Jacob   Maenner,  aged   15  years 

2.  Christian     Reifinger,      aged      15 

years 

3.  John  Copelberger,  aged  16  years 


Girls: 

1.  Catharina     Reifinger,     aged     17 

years 

2.  Sophia   Schmit,   aged   18   years 

3.  Elisabetha     Galester,     aged     19 

years 


Those  children  of  this  congregation  who  on  Easter  Sunday  of  1795  were 
confirmed  in  Great  Swamp  by  me,  Joh.  Faber: 


Boys: 

1.  Philip  Bauman,  aged  17  years 

2.  Conrad  Bickhard,  aged   16  years 

3.  John  Hildebeutel,  aged  22  years 

4.  Abraham    Hildebeutel,    aged    20 

years 

5.  Michael  Wagner,  aged   17  years 

6.  Daniel      Hildebeutel,      aged     21 

years 

7.  Conrad   Geist,   aged  21  years 

8.  Philip   Fries,   aged  21   years 


Girls: 

1.  Mary  Hildebeutel,  aged  19  years 

2.  Elisabetha    Hildebeutel,   aged    17 

years 

3.  Mary  Hildebeutel,  aged   17  years 

4.  Susanna  Kiehler,  aged  19  years 

5.  Margaretha   Geist,  aged  18   years 

6.  Elisabetha  Geist,  aged  17  years 

7.  Catharina  Geist,  aged   15  years 

8.  Catharina  Bruch,   aged   16  years 


434 


Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 


LIST  OF  COMMUNICANTS. 


Names  of  those  who  after 

preceding  preparation  partook  of  the 

Lord's 

Supper,  administered  by  me, 

Fr.  V.  d.  Sloot,  on  June  7,  1813: 

I.  Johann   Hildebeutcl 

27. 

Catharina  Graff 

2.  Georg  Herzel 

28. 

Johann  Berns 

3.  Balthasar  Ried 

29. 

Elisabeth   Grimli 

4.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 

30. 

Hanna   Grimli 

5.  Johann  Keller 

31- 

Elis.   Fillmann 

6.  Ulrich   Herzel 

32. 

Maria  Hering 

7.  Heinrich  Reifinger 

33- 

Christina   Leistern 

8.  Philip  Ried 

34- 

Elisabeth    Weidmann 

9.  Wilhelm  Endersen 

3S- 

Barbara  Scheid 

10.  Friedrich  Rudy 

36. 

Anna  Hoi 

11.  Heinrich  Keller 

37- 

Sarah  Jacoby 

12.  Margareth,  his  wife 

38- 

Elisabeth  Scheid 

13.  Salome  Grimli 

39- 

Nathan  Schue 

14.  Hanna,  his  wife 

40. 

Christina  Fridemann 

15.  Johann   Kuppelberger 

41. 

Catharina    Schrifli 

16.  Johann   Hederich 

42. 

Gertraud  Klein 

17.  Jesse   Schmidt 

43- 

Sarah  Reichart 

18.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 

44. 

Maria   Schwenk 

19.  Peter  Faust 

45- 

Magd.  Pannbecker 

20.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 

46. 

Nathan  Schw^enk 

21.  Heinrich   Pickhart 

47- 

Magdalena  Wambold 

22.  Abraham  Kuppelberger 

48. 

Salome   Barns 

23.  Henrich  Hauk 

49. 

Elisabeth   Schmidt 

24.  Conrad  Koler 

50. 

Elisabeth  Zink 

25.  Isaac   Herzel 

51- 

Nathan  Baumann 

26.  Jacob  Ried 

52. 

Susanna  Neiss 

Names  of  those  who  commenced  on  October   16,   1813,   after  preceding 
preparation: 

1.  Ulrich  Herzel  11.  Susanna   Klein 

2.  Philip  Ried  12.  Barbara  Meier 

3.  Heinrich  Pickhard  13.  Margareta   Hummel 

4.  John   Schuler  14.  Sophia   GroU 

5.  George   Pickhard  15.  Maria   Herzel 

6.  Andreas  Achi  i6.  Maria  Schuler 

7.  Sophia  Achi  17.  Margaretha   Faust 

8.  Margareta  Kraus  18.  Margareta  Scholl 

9.  Anna  Pickhard  19.  Ego  [I,  Fr.  v.  d.  Sloot] 
10.  Catarina  Klein 


Old  Goshenhoppen — Communicants 


435 


On  April  23,  1814,  the  following  appeared  at  the  preparatory  services: 


1.  Johann  Neiss 

2.  Georg  Herzel 

3.  Jacob  Neiss 

4.  Johann  Keller 

5.  Ulrich  Herzel 

6.  Johann  Achi 

7.  Wilh.  Enderson 

8.  Heinrich  Hauk 

9.  Balthasar  Ried 

10.  Heinrich   Strohmann 

11.  Michael  Ziegler 

12.  Johann  Christmann 

13.  George   Wunderlich 

14.  Henrich  Hutter 

15.  Margaretha,   mother 

16.  Fridrich  Rudi 

17.  Fridrich    Scholl 

18.  Jacob  Ried 
19-  Andreas  Achi 

20.  Daniel  Hauk 

21.  Konrad  Kichler 

22.  Joseph   Kichler 

23.  Henrich   Hauk 

24.  Hanna,  his  wife 

25.  Philip  Christmann 

26.  Elisabeth,   his   wife 

27.  Jesse  Schmidt 

28.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 

29.  Nathan  Klein 

30.  Johann  Neiss 


31.  Debora,  his  wife 

32.  Margareth  Neiss 

33.  Maria  Miller 

34.  Elisabeth  Ried 

35.  Jacob  Ruckstuhl 

36.  Elis.  Weidemeier 

37.  Barbara   Achi 

38.  Sophia,  the  daughter 

39.  Catharina   Wunderlich 

40.  Michael  Herzel 

41.  Salome  Krimli 

42.  Hanna,  his  wife 

43.  Elisabeth,  the  mother 

44.  Christian  Oister 

45.  Barbara  Scheid 

46.  Sara  Reichert 

47.  Sara  Jacobi 

48.  Elisabeth   Schmidt 
49-  Sara  Hauk 

50.  Nathan    Nieler 

51.  Catharina  Baumann 

52.  Maria  Schuler 

53.  Nathan  Gatter 

54-  Magdalena  Wambold 

55.  Elisabeth  Neiss 

56.  Magd.  Koppelbergcr 

57.  Marg.  Faust 

58.  Salome  Banz 

59-  Ego,  Fr.  W.  v.  d.  Sloot 
60.  Will.  Neiss. 


Names  of  the  communicants  of  Sept.  18,  1814 

1.  Christian   Pickhard 

2.  Friedrich  Rudi 
3-  John   Salledy 

4.  Christian  May 

5.  George,  his  son 

6.  Caspar,  his  son 
7-  John  Hauk 


8.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 


9.  George  Kolb 

10.  Catharina,  his  wife 

11.  George  Herzel 

12.  Samuel   Scholl 

13.  Georg  Neiss 

14.  Catharina  Taub 

15.  Catharina   Groll 


16.  Margareth  Nees 


436 


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17.  Katharina  Kob 

18.  Maria  Heering 

19.  Elis.  Schmidt 

Names  of  those  who  appeared  at  the 

1.  Susanna  Neiss 

2.  Johan  Keller 

3.  Balthasar  Ried 

4.  Elisabeth,  his  wife 

5.  Jacob  Schmidt 

6.  Gertrud  Klein 

7.  Ulrich  Herzel 

8.  Wilhelm   Schuler 

9.  Samuel  Schuler 

10.  Catharina,  his  daughter 

11.  Margareth   Lang 

12.  Johann  Schuler 

13.  Samuel  Schuler 

14.  Georg  Neiss 

15.  Henrich  Pickhard 

16.  Philip  Ried 

17.  John   Christman 

18.  Samuel   Geissinger 

19.  John  Endres 

20.  Michel  Scholl 

21.  Michel   Heffelinger 

22.  Isaac  Grimli 

23.  John  Grimli 

24.  Michel    Koppelberger 

25.  Magdalena    Koppelberger 

26.  Elisabeth    Koppelberger 

27.  Henrich   Hukker 

28.  David  Salady 

29.  John  Ruckstuhl 

30.  Jesse   Schmidt 

31.  Elis.  Salady 

32.  Jonas  Wollfahrt 

33.  Johannes  Schmidt 

Names  of  the  communicants  on  Oct 

1.  John  Ried 

2.  John  Hukker 

3.  John  Barns 

4.  Katharina  Acker 

5.  Katharina  Meier 


20.  Sophia  Groll 

21.  Ego,  V.  der  Sloot 

preparatory  services,  April  15,  1815; 

34.  Andreas  Achi 

35.  Sophia  Achi 

36.  Elisabeth   Wollfahrt 

37.  Elisabeth  Ganz 

38.  Margareth  Neiss 

39.  Sara  Boms 

40.  Barbara    Scheid 

41.  Elisabeth  Sellers 

42.  Maria  Zepp 

43.  Sara  Reicher 

44.  Susanna  Klein 

45.  Katharina  Herzel 

46.  Elisabeth  Kraus 

47.  Elisabeth  Kraus 

48.  Maria  Pannebecker 

49.  Susanna  Ried 

50.  Elisabeth  Zink 

51.  Kathar.   Schwenk 

52.  Maria  Herzel 

53.  Peter  Weil 

54.  Katharina  Weil 

55.  Elisabeth  Scheldt 

56.  Maria    Enderson 

57.  Susanna  Baumann 

58.  Margaretha   Scholl 

59.  Catharina  Baumann 

60.  Catharina   Geier 

61.  Christina  Baumann 

62.  Rachel  Scheitel 

63.  Ego  [v.  der  Sloot] 

64.  Marg.  Hukker 

65.  George  Herzel,  Esq. 

66.  Jesse  Schillich 

12,  1815: 

6.  Maria  Heering 

7.  Elisabeth   Schmidt 

8.  Margareth   Keppel 

9.  Elisabeth  Fried 


CHURCH   RECORD   OF  THE   GREAT  SWAMP 

REFORMED   CONGREGATION,   LOWER 

MILFORD   TOWNSHIP,   LEHIGH 

CO.,  PA.,  1736-1833. 

Translated  by  Prof.  Wi\i.  J.   Hinke,   Ph.D. 

Church  Record 

of  the  Christian  Congregation  at 

Great  Swamp, 

In  which  are  recorded:  First,  the  articles  of  the  Christian  Church  Order, 
which  this  Congregation   (together  with  others  in  this  land)   has  adopted. 
Secondly,  the  names  of  the  children  that  have  been  baptized,  their  parents 
and  their  sponsors. 
The  beginning  was  made  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  1736, 

the  24th  of  April. 
Joh.  Henricus  Goetschius, 
V.  D.  M.  Helvetico-Tigurinus. 

Memorandum  of  the  Articles  of  the  Church  Order. 

I.  Four  elders,  honorable  men,  who  have  a  good  report  among  their 
neighbors,  shall  be  named  by  the  minister  and  be  elected  by  the  majority 
of  the  voters.     Each  shall  remain  in  office  for  two  years. 

The  Duty  of  the  Elders  shall  be: 

a.  To  exercise  good  oversight  over  the  members  of  the  congregation  and 
to  make  known  everything  disorderly,  (i)  to  the  minister  alone;  (2)  to 
the  minister  and  the  other  elders;  {3)  to  the  whole  congregation,  if  the 
first  and  second  admonition  had  no  effect,  in  order  that  those  who  give 
public  offense  may  not  be  tolerated  in  the  congregation  of  God. 

437 


43^  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

b.  The  youngest  of  them  shall  take  up  the  collection  for  one  year,  the 
next  to  the  youngest  the  following  year,  at  every  divine  service.  One  of 
thenn  shall  collect  the  amount  and  keep  it  faithfully  until  the  time  of 
accounting,  which  shall  take  place  every  half  year  before  the  whole  con- 
gregation. 

Expenditure  of  the  Alms. 

The  collections  or  alms  shall  be  expended  as  follows: 

a.  They  shall  be  applied  to  needy  persons  who  may  be  in  or  outside  of 
the  congregation. 

b.  To  the  church  or  schoolhouse,  if  there  is  anything  to  improve  or  to 
build. 

c.  For  bread  and  wine  at  the  communion  service. 

Or  whatever  else  may  be  found  to  be  a  necessary  expenditure  in  the 
judgment  of  the  Christian  congregation. 

The  Second  Article,  regarding  the  Congregation: 

1.  Every  one  who  confesses  the  Evangelical  Reformed  religion  and 
wishes  to  belong  to  this  congregation  shall  make  a  solemn  vow  before  God 
and  men,  and  faithfully  promise  by  the  signature  of  his  own  name,  that 
he  and  his  household  will  be  obedient  to  every  divine  ordinance.  Other- 
wise he  shall  not  be  regarded  as  a  Christian  member,  but  shall  be  ex- 
cluded from  all  gifts  and  privileges  which  the  members  of  this  congrega- 
tion enjoy. 

2.  Each  one  shall  contribute  every  year,  according  to  his  pleasure  and 
ability,  whatever  will  be  necessary  for  the  maintenance  of  the  divine 
worship. 

3.  Should  any  member  or  those  of  his  family  lead  offensive  lives  and 
will  not  show  amendment  of  life  through  the  preaching  of  God's  Word 
or  private  admonition,  he  can  expect  exclusion  from  the  Lord's  Supper  and 
even  from  the  congregation. 

EBERHART,  ELISABETHA,  da.  of  Joseph  Eberhart  and  Catherine,  his^ 

wife,  born  June  2,  1742,  bapt.  July   18;  sponsors,  Joseph  Zimmerman 

and  wife  Maria  Elisabetha. 
RIDY,  CONRAD,  son  of  Jacob  Ridy  and   Maria  Elifabetha,   his  wife,  b. 

Oct.  19,  1747;  sponsors,  Conrad  Zimmerman,  Dieter  Mombauer,  Anna 

Maria  Schwenck,  Margaretha  Zimmerman. 
BRAUN,  EVA  CATHERINE,  da.  of  Michael   (!)   Braun  and  Agnes,  his 

wife,  born  Febr.  2,  1739;  sp.,  Catharine  Heist. 
BRAUN,  J.  GEORG,  son  of  Jacob  Braun  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  b.  Jan.  30, 

1742;  sp.,  Georg  Heist. 
BRAUN,  MATHYS,  son  of  Jacob  Braun  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  b.  July  10, 

1744;  sp.,  Mathys  Nuss  (?)   and  Catharine,  his  wife  (?) 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


439 


Names   of   the   parents,   children    and   sponsors.     A.    1736    [baptized   by 
John  H.  Goetschy]. 


Children 

Parents 

Sponsors 

April  24. 

Joseph 

Joseph  Eberhard,  Cath- 
arina,  his  wife 

Joseph  Zimmerman 

Abraham 

Christian    Willauer, 
Catrina,   his   wife 

Abraham   Penny 

Anna  Margreth 

Peter  Titer,  Anna 

the  mother  herself, 

Margreth 

Anna  Marg.  Titer 

Anna  Margreth 

Valentin   Keiser,  Agnes 

Lorentz    Erb,    Anna 
Margreth 

Anna  Margreth 

Jacob  Wezel,  Anna 

Michael  Eberhart   and 

Barbara 

wife 

Anna  Sibilla 

Michael  Kohler,   Si- 
billa 

Peter  Walper,  Sibilla 

October    31, 

Anna  Maria 

Georg  German,   Bar- 

Mathias Ox,  Anna 

bara 

Maria,  his  wife 

Eva  Catrina 

Georg   Kunz,   Anna 

Leonhardt   Ox,    Anna 

Catrina 

Catrina 

April    n. 

A.  1737. 

Fridrich 

Joh.    Georg    Margsta- 

Fridrich   Margstaler, 

ler,  Anna  Margretha 

Anna   Barbara 

Eva  Margreth 

Christian    Willauer, 

Michael  Eberhardt  and 

Eva   Catrina 

Margreth 

October  3. 

Joh.  Jacob 

Michael   Kehler,   Si- 

Jacob  Wezel,    Eva 

billa 

Barbara 

Febr.  28. 

A.    1738. 

Felix 

Jacob   Dups,   Froneka 

Felix  Brunner,   Bar- 

[Veronica] 

bara 

Anna  Margreth 

Michael    Eberhardt, 

Anna  Margreth  Brun- 

Anna   Margreth 

ner,  daughter  of  Fe- 
lix Brunner 

Anna  Maria 

William   Eich,    Mag- 

Mathias  Ox,  Anna 

dalena 

Maria 

[Entries  by  the  Rev.   George   Michael  Weiss,    1748-1751.] 


Ludwig  Rippel,    Sy- 
billa  Maria 


J.  Erhardt 


J.   Erhardt   Roos,   Ma- 
ria Eva 


440 


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Parents 
February    12,    1749. 
Georg  (?) 

March   5th   [1749]. 

David   Streib,   Su- 
sanna 

Caspar  Ritter,   Anna 
Maria 

November  24,   1748. 

Georg    Klein,    Maria 
Catharina 


March  26th   [1749]. 
Georg   Hercker    (?), 

Magdalena 
J.   Schaut,   Sybilla 

Catharina 
April   i6th   [1749]. 
Georg  Bernhardt  Rim, 

Anna  Maria 
May  7th   [1749]. 
Joseph   Zimmerman, 

Elisabetha 
Franz   Michel   Bis- 

choff,  Maria  Eva 
June   i6th   [1749]. 
J.  Henerich  Matzinger, 

Anna  Clara 
July  30th  [1749]. 
J.   Grisemer,   Anna 

Maria 
J.  Bernhardt  Roos, 

Maria  Eva 
August  i8th  [1749]. 
Ullrich   Rieser,   Anna 

Barbara 
August  20th   [1749]. 
Wilhelm  Mack,  Maria 

Lisa 


Children 
J.  Michel 

Veronica 
J.  Martin 

J.  Henrich 

Anna  Rosina 
Lena   Catharina 

J.  Adam 


Andres 


David,   Anna    Lisa 


Sponsors 

J.   Michel    Eberhardt, 
Anna  Maria  Wetzel 

Ullrich    Spinner,    Us- 

sula 
Martin    Ritter,    Maria 

Gretha 

Jest  Henrich  Sasse- 
manshausen,  Anna 
Sybilla,  Catharina 
Wahverd 

Franz   Roos,   Anna 

Rosina   Roos 
Peter    Wetzel,    Lena 

Catharina    Keiber 

J.  Adam  Schneider 
and  wife  Anna  Elisa 


Baltzer 

Baltzer   Gering,   Cath- 

arina Eberhardt 

Catharina 

Joseph   Eberhardt, 

Catharina 

Susanna   Else 

J.   Jost   Ohlwil,    Anna 

Eva 

Felix 

Felix   Brunner,   Anna 

Barbara 

J.   Daniel 

J.  Daniel  Kober,   Ma- 

ria  Eva 

Andres    Greber, 
Gretha    Greber 

Anna   Lisa  Zimmer- 
mann,  David  Streib, 
Susanna 


Great  SwatJip — Baptisms 


441 


Parents  Children 

Jacob    Schmidt,    Elisa-      Jacob 

betha 
September  8th   [1749]. 
Michel    Keiber,    Mag-       Maria  Elisa 

dalena 
November   13th  [1749]. 
J.   Daniel  Kober,  Ma-       J.  Erhardt 

ria   Eva 
Michel  Jung,   Maria  J.  Jacob 

Adelheidt 
December  24th  [1749]. 
Valentin    Roth,    Maria       Abraham 

Margaretha 
March    i8th    [1750]. 
Jacob    Mathys,    Su-  Barbara 

sanna 
Nicolaus   Mombauer,  J.   Philip 

Magdalena 

Theobald  Breuchler,  J.  Michel 

Anna  Maria 


1744,  April   5th 

Jacob   Dubs,   Veronica        Barbara 

1746 

Jacob  Dubs,  Veronica        Margaretha 

1748,  October  28th. 

Jacob   Dubs,   Veronica        Daniel 

1750,  October  i6th. 

Jacob   Dubs,   Veronica        Eiisabetha 

1750,  Nov.  4th. 

Jacob   Buss,   Catharina       Christina 

1751,  June  2nd. 

Ullrich  Rieser,  Bar-  Casper 

bara 

Adam    Drumpf    (?),         J.  Jacob 
Anna   Maria 


Sponsors 
Mathys  Ochs,  Anna 
Maria 

Daniel  Heller,  Maria 
Eiisabetha   Keiber 

J.  Erhardt  Gros,  Ma- 
ria Eva 

J.  Jacob  Guckerdt, 
Margretha 

Abraham    Kreider, 
Anna  Margaretha 

Jacob   Wetzel,   Bar- 
bara  Wetzel 

J.    Philip    Vaclcendael, 
Maria  Catharina 
Mombauer 

Leonhardt  Bock,  Chris- 
tina Bock,  Michel 
Schwenck,    Elisa 
Samsel 

Jacob  Wetzel,  Bar- 
bara Wetzel 

Anna    Maria    Wetzler 

Daniel  Chrlstmann, 
Margaretha 

Eiisabetha   Huber 

Melchior    Wecher, 
Christina    Wecher 

Caspar  Holzhausen, 
Margaretha  Holz- 
hausen 

Jacob  Wetzel,  Anna 
Barbara 


442 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppcn 


Children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  J.  T.  Faber. 

Parents  Children  Sponsors 

Christofel   Reiter  Anna  Maria,   1766,  Johannes    Klein    and 


Jacob   Peiffer 
Michael    Eberhard 
Simon   Walder 
Johannes  Jacob  Stahl 
Nicolaus    Schubing 
Jacob  Bischof 
Martin  Sax 

Christian   Willauer 

Joh.   Nicolaus   Faust 

Benjamin   Somer 

Henrich   Bitting 

Philip   Seller 

Rudolf  Frick 

Jacob  Keller 

Peter  Wetzel 

Bernhart   Kaufman 
Georg  SchiJtz 

Peter  Eberhard 

Georg   Meyer 


wife 
Georg    Stallenecker 

and  wife 
Anna  Maria  Bleiler 


Nov.   19 
Maria    Elisabetha, 

1767,  Jan.  2 
Anna   Maria,   1766, 

Dec.  29 

Johannes   Jacob,    1767,  Johann  Jacob  Keller 

Febr.  8  and   wife 

Johan    Georg,    1766,  Joh.   Georg   Stahl   and 

Dec.  6  wife 

Jacob,    1767,   May    14         Holshauser   and 

wife 

Catharina,    1767,   Sept.  Daniel    Hister    and 

3  wife 

Johannes    Stofel,    1767,  Stofel    Sax,    Marga- 

Oct.  31  retha   Huber,   da.   of 
Henrich   Huber 

Anna    Catharina,  1767,  Christian    Willauer 

Nov.   I  and  wife 

Anna    Margaretha,  Susanna    Mathes 

1767,    Nov.    I 

Maria    Margaretha,  Henrich   Hersch   and 

1767,  Nov.  18  wife 

Henrich,  Eva,   1767,  Andrew  Greber  and 

Nov.   15  wife 

Abraham,    1767,    Aug.  the   father 

30 

Anna,   1768,   Jan.  26  Rudolph   Hupper   and 

wife 

Anna   Barbara,    1768,  Simon    Walter    and 

Febr.  5  wife 

Anna    Barbara,    1768,  Christian   Mueller  and 

Febr.  9  wife 

Leonhart,   1768,  Jan.  4  Lenert  Ochs   and   wife 

Georg  Ludwig,   1768,  Georg  Ziegenfuss   and 

March  25  wife 

Conrad,    1768,    March  Conrad  Reiswig,  .Anna 

4  Maria    Luni 
Magdalena,  1760,  Jan.  Nicolaus    Mumbauer 

II  and   wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


443 


Parents 
Jacob  Reibcr 


Peter  Weber 
Jacob  Holshauser 
Henrich  Betz 
Job,  Maurcr 
Valendin  Hupper 
Peter  Strein 


^"^■'^■■en  Sponsors 

Christophorus,   1768,  Stoffel   Ott.   Elisabetha 

March  12  Bayer 

Maria    Catharina,  Velten    [Valentin] 

1768,  Apr.  IS  Lieser  and  wife 

Susanna.   1768,  May  4  Jacob  Danckel  and 

wife 

Henrich,   1767,  Nov.   8  Henrich   Haas,   Elisa- 
betha Reinhart 

Anna  Maria,  1768,  Michael   and 

June   5  ,^;fe 

Anna   Barbara,    1768,  Philip    Heger    and 

Aug.  23  ^vife 

Anna    Margaretha,  Joh.    Georg   Ziegen- 

,   f        .,.                 ,                 '768,  July  21  fuss  and  wife 

a   fo^ndhng  was  bap-       Anna    Elisabetha,  Henrich   Hupper   and 

\T  i"j-      T^-  ,                           ^''^^'  wife 

Valendin    Dickenschidt       Anna    Maria,    1768,  Michael   Ried    and 

^<*^-  ^  wife  Anna  xMaria 

Job.  Jacob,   1768,  Dec.  Georg  Schiitz   and 

'*■  wife 

Elisabetha,    1769,  Jacob   Zimmerman, 

^J^^'""^  '  Elisabeta   Wagner 

Elisabetha,    1769,    Jan.  Jacob  Keller  and  wife 

22 

Abraham,    1769,    Jan.  Jacob    Stollenecker, 

.  j^  Anna  Elis.  Reinhold 

Adam,   1769,  Jan.    15  Adam  Willauer  and 
wife 

Petrus,    1769,   Febr.    17  Petrus   Lien   and    wife 


Georg    Ziegenfus 
Philip  Heger 
Joseph   Eberhardt 
Simon  Walder 
Christian  Willauer 
Felix  Lien 

Henrich  Bleiler 

Joh.    Umstaet 

Abraham  Dittlo 

Petrus   Schuler 

Jacob  Mayer 

Daniel  Frick 


Daniel,    1769,   March  i  Petrus  Bleiler  and 

wife 

Elisabetha,    1769,  Febr.  Georg  Philip  Dill  and 

^  wife 

Abraham,  1769,  March  David  Levi  and  wife 

12 

Catharina    Barbara,  Fried.   Delb   and    wife 

1769,   March  30 

Catharina,    1769,  joh.    Steinman 

March  30 

Anna  Maria,   1769,  Johannes  Hellicas  and 

May  30  ,^ife 


444 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents 
Christoph  Henrich 

Jacob  Weil 

Jacobus  Hupper 

Henrich  Bitting 

Henrich   Ott 

Joh.   Nicolaus  Diets. 

Jacob  Kehler 

Georg  Schiitz 

Georg  Steiner 

Fried.  Diell 
Petrus  Linn 

Joh.   Cock 

Peter  Eberhart 

Michael  Hellicas 
Rudi  Huper 

Peter  Wetzel 

Mathias    Sax 

Reinhart   Kaufmann 

Simon  Walter 

Georg  Stiehl 

Jacobus  Reibcr 

Andreas  Walb 


Children 
Joh.  Jacobus,   1769, 

June   3 
Joh.  Jacobus,   1769, 

July  8 
Anna  Eva,   1769,  July 

16 
Ludwig,  1769,  Sept.  28 

Susanna,  1769,  Nov.  28 

Maria  Evaj  1769,  Dec. 

22 
Anna  Elisabetha,  1769, 

Dec.  15 
Joh.  Georg  ,  1770, 

March  i 
Susanna,  1769,  Oct.  25 

Jacobus,  1770,  Jan.  7 
Gertrude,  1770,   March 

23 
Elisabeth,    1770,    Febr. 

6 
Christina,    1770,   Apr. 

30 
Rebecca,   1770,   Apr.   3 
Joh.   Petrus,   1770, 

June  2 
Anna  Catharina,  1770, 

June  13 
Michael,    1770,   Aug. 

13 
Joh.  Jacobus,   1770, 

Aug.   II 
Anna  Eva,  1770,  Sept. 

24 
Joh.  Jacobus,   1770, 

Dec.  4 
Anna    Margretha, 

1770,  Nov.  8 
Anna   Maria,   1770, 

Oct.  24 


Sponsors 
Joh.  Jacob   Erdman, 

Margretha    Bischof 
Jacobus  Hupper   and 

wife 
Nicolaus  Samsel,  Anna 

Eva   Stallenecker 
Ludwig  Bitting  and 

wife 
Joh.    Georg   Ziegen- 

fuss  and  wife 
Franz  Michael  Bischof 

and  wife 
Christoph    Ott,    Anna 

Elis.  Dups 
Georg  Ziegenfuss   and 

wife 
Susanna    Reiswig    and 

Jonas  Petri 
Jacob  Spiner  and  wife 
Carolus   Fred.   Sili, 

Gertrude  Cok 
Joh.   Schmidt  and  wife 

Johannes  Segler  and 

wife 
Jacob  Geri   and  wife 
Henrich   Huper   and 

wife 
Joseph  Eberhard   and 

wife 
Michael   Breuchler, 

Catharina   Sax 
Jacob  Eberhart  and 

wife 
Eva  Olewein 

Jacob    Holtzhauser 

and  wife 
Fried.    Mueller,    Eva 

Margaretha 
Peter   Eberhart    and 

wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


445 


Parents 
Henrich   Mueller 

Peter   Strein 

Peter  Samsel 

Joh.  HelHcas 

Georg  Mack 

Joh.  Nicolaus  Faust 

Nicolaus   Samsel 

Christoffel  Sax 

Henrich  Bleiler 

Philip  Heger 

Michael  Hellicas 

Balzer  Stiehl 

Joseph  Eberhart 

Jacob  Maxel 

Jacob    Holtzhausen 

Henrich  Bitting 

Adam  Romich 

Jacob  Kehler 

Peter   Wetzel 

Henrich    Alles 

Joh.  Neukomcr 

30 


Children  Sponsors 

Susanna,    1770,    Nov.  Jacob    Danckel    and 

13  wife 

Elisabeth,   1771,  Jan.  Peter    Wetzel    and 

26  wife 

Abraham,    1771,    Febr.  Abraham  Dittlo  and 

26  wife 

Joh.   Georg,   1771,  Georg   Horlacher   and 

Febr.  28  wife 

Elisabetha,    1771,  Philip    Mumbauer, 

Febr.  7  Elisabeth  Neukomer 

Elisabetha   ,    1771,  Caspar  Berret  and 

Febr.  15  wife 

Catharina,    1771,   June  Elisabetha  Samuel 

18 

Elis.  Margretha,   1771,  Martin    Sax   and   wife 

Aug.  15 

Johannes,    1771,  Aug.  Petrus  Bleiler 

25 

Joh.  Petrus,  1771,  Nov.  Valentin   Huper  and 

5  wife 

Johannes,    1772,   Jan.  Johannes   Hellicas 

i6  and  wife 

Joh.    Abraham,    1771,  Abraham  Stahl   and 

Nov.  29  wife 

Susanna,    1772,   March  Peter  Eberhart  and 

5  wife 

Johannes,  1772,  May  4  Jacob   Eberhart  and 

wife 

Maria    Barbara,    1772,  Georg  Stahl   and  wife 

March   23 

Johannes,    1771,   June  Joh.  Jost  and  wife 

24 

Jacobus,    1772,   March  Michael   Helligas 

12 

Joh.  Jacobus,    1772,  Jacob    Stohlenecker, 

Oct.   26  Magdalena   Weis 

Joh.   Georgus,   1772,  Joh.  Georg  Ziegenfuss 

Nov.  9  and  wife 

Maria   Elisabetha,  Elisabeth   Neukomer, 

1772,  Sept.  6  David   Gangewer 

Joh.   Georgus,   1772,  Georg   Blanck   and 

Oct.  24  wife 


446 


Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents 
Abraham  Bachman 

Abraham  Dittio 

Peter  Ebcrhart 

Andreas  Walp 

Georg   Hoerner 

Peter  Hogerberg 

Georg  Sticl 

Jost  Leobald 

Joh.   Stocr 
Jacob  Dorwart 
Henrich  Ott 
Mich.   HelHgas 
Christoffel   Ott 
Baltzer  StichI 
Conr.   Worman 
Nicolaus  Faust 
Adam  Willauer 
Adam   Ranch 
Joh.  Ohlinger 
Peter  Hagenberg 


Children  Sponsors 

Elisabetha,    1772,    Oct.  Peter  Gottel  and  wife 

21 

Elisabetha,    1773,  Febr.  David  Levi  and   wife 

7 

Abraham,  1773,    March  Joseph  Eberhart  and 

24  wife 

Joh.  Jacobu?,   1773,  Jacob  Walp,  Eva 

March    31  Schlieger 

Anna    Maria,    1773,  Jacob   Weis,    Maria 

Apr.  8  Roeder 

Joh.   Petrus,    1773,  Peter  Wetzel   and 

June  22  wife 

Elisabetha,    1773,   June  Theob.    Franck,   Elisa- 

3  beta   Berger 

Anna    Maria,    Marga-  Philip    Mumbauer, 

retha,   1773,  June  12  Anna    Maria    Dittio, 
Joh.  Maurer  and 
wife 

Joh.  Rosina,   1773,  Leonhart   Beutelman 

Febr.  7  and  wife 

Eva   Barbara,    1773,  Barbara  Spiner 

Sept.  9 

Anna  Eva,  1773,  Aug.  Jacob  Kehler  and  wife 

II 

Elisabetha,   1773,   Nov.  Adam    Geri,    Elisa- 

1  betha  Neukomer 

Anna  Catharina,  1774,  Henr.   Huper,   Catha- 

Jan.   16  rina  Ott 

Johannes,    1773,    Dec.  Joh.  Helligas  and  wife 

31 

Johannes,    1774,    Febr.  Catharina  Funk 

8 

Henricus,    1774,   Jan.  Hen.   Matheus   and 

24  \vife 

Eva    Jacobina,    1774,  Feli.x  Linn  and  wife 

Jan.  13 

Catharina,  1774,  March  Melchior    Knople    and 

19  wife 

Johannes,  1774,  March  Henr.   Ott   and  wife 

20 

Johannes,    1774,   Aug.  Valentin   Huper  and 

27  wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


447 


Parents 
Felix  Linn 

Henr.  Bleiler 

Abraham  Bachman 

Jacob   Dorwort 

Jost  Leopold 

Georg  Stiel 

Joh.  Helligas 

Henr.  Bitting 

Joh.  Nicol  Samsel 

Daniel  Dups 
Mich.  Helligas 

Jacob  Kehler 

Adam   Romich 

Fried.  Delp 

Jacob  Rauber 

Conr.  Worman 
Georg  Mack 

Joh.  Jacobi 

Joh.  Kocken 

Doctor  Lin 

Conr.   Worman 

Philip   Mumbauer 


Children 
Johannes,    1774,   June 

20 
Anna,   1774,   July   30 

Johannes,    1774,   June 

30 
Elisabetha,    1775,   Apr. 

12 
Job.    Daniel,    1775, 

March   26 
Anna    Maria,    1775, 

June  21 
Catharina,    1775,   June 

3 
Anna   Margaretha, 

177s,  May  15 
Johannes,    1775,   Sept. 

II 
Johannes,  1775,    Sept.  7 
Michael,   1775,   Nov. 

IS 
Eva  Sibilla,   1775, 

Sept.  27 
Joh.    Adam,    1776, 

Febr.  10 
Anna   Margreta,    1776, 

March  19 

child,   1776,  May   18 

Maria,  1775,  Aug.  4 
Susanna,  1776,  June  3 

Daniel,    1776,  Aug.   2 

Anna  Maria,   1776, 

Aug.   5 
Jonathan,   1776,  Aug. 

21 
Andreas,   1776,   Dec. 

22 
Johannes,    1777,   Jan. 


Sponsors 
Joh.  Linn  and  wife 

Anna  Mad.  Bleiler 

Joh.  Halteman,  Mar- 
garetha  Schmid 
Daniel  Dups  and   wife 

Daniel  Lambrecht    and 
wife 

Maria  Christina   Dall- 
man 

Michael    Helligas    and 
wife 

Anna   Marg.   Mum- 
bauer 

Michael  Ott,  Elisabeth 
Huper 

Martin  Schwarz 

Joh.   Cunius   and   wife 

Eva   Stollenecker 

Christian  Mueller  and 

wife 
Wilhelm  Rieser  and 

Anna  Margaretha 

Doerr 
Jacob    Koehler    and 

wife 
the   parents 
Georg  Hoerner   and 

wife 
Peter  Eberhart  and 

wife 
Georg  Rumfeld,  Anna 

Maria  Mueller 
Adam  Willauer  and 

wife 
the  father 

Valentin    Huper    and 
wife 


448 


Church  Records  of  Goshcnhoppeu 


Parents 
Adam  Willauer 

Henr.  Bleilcr 

Georg  Dill 

Henrich  Ott 

Joh.  Halteman 

Georg  Worman 

Ludwig  Nuspickel 
Daniel  Dups 

Joh.  Olinger 

Jacobus  Wolff 

Peter  Weber 

Christofel    Reitenauer 

Peter  Schmidt 

Georg  Helligas 

Georg   Mack 

Joh.  Linn 

Joh.  Linn 

Georg  Math.  Kolb 

Joseph  Eberhart 

Mich.    Helligas 

Joh.   Adam   Geri 

Adam  Romich 


Children  Sponsors 

Maria  Elis.,  1777,  Apr.  Joh.  Lin  and  wife 

25 

Lazarus,  1777,  Jan.  21  Peter  Bleiler 

Henrich,   1776,  Nov.  7  Henr.  Wenig  and  wife 

Johannes,  1777,  Apr.  7  Jacob  Kehler  and  wife 

Elisabeta,   1776,  Sept.  5  Johannes  Neukomcr 

and   wife 

Magdalena,   1777,  June  Magdalena  Worman 

14 

Ludwig,   1774,   Nov.   I  the  parents 

Anna  Maria,  1777,  Anna   Maria   Schwenk 

June   17 

Joh.    Jacobus,    1777,  Christoffel    Ott    and 

May  4.  wife 

Anna  Maria,  1777,  Joh.  Hauser  and  wife 

June  17 

Anna   Barbara,    1777,  Valentin  Huper  and 

July  I  wife 

Joh.  Adam,  1777,  Apr.  Adam  Willauer  and 

13  wife 

Catharina,    1770,    July  Peter  Linn  and  wife 

25 

Anna  Margaretha,  Nicol.  Goery  and  wife 

1777,  Oct.  5 

Maria  Eva,  1777,  Oct.  Cathar.   Willauer 

3 

Johannes,  1772,  Febr.  Joh.  Schmidt  and  wife 

17 

Elisabetha,   1777,   Nov.  Joh.  Stahl  and  wife 

29 

Elisabetha,  1777,  Dec.  Elis.   Weickert,    Henr. 

7  Schmidt 

Daniel,   1778,  Jan.  17  Michael  Eberhart  and 

wife 

Eva,   1777,  Dec.  20  Georg  Horlacher   and 

wife 

Barbara,  1778,  Jan.  12  Jacob  Geri   and   wife 

Barbara,    1778,    March  Joh.   Theob.    Faber 

25  and   wife 


Great  Szvamp — Baptisms 


449 


Parents 
Henr.  Bitting 

Joh.  Jacobi 

Christofel  Ott 
Georg  Schiitz 

Jacob  Do€rr 

Jacob   Dueckcr 

Jacob  Dorwart 
Philip  Mumbauer 

Andreas  Walb 

Conr.  Worman 

Petrus   Eberhart 

Gcorg  Worman 
Valentin   Beutelman 

Fried.   Diel 

Daniel  Dups 

Jacob  Wolf 

Georg  Hoerner 

Jacob  Wittmer 

Fried.  Weitman 
Joh.  Linn 

Ludwig   Nuspickel 
Jacob  Rauber 


Children  .Sponsors 

Andreas,  1778,   Apr.  23  Andreas  Greber  and 

wife 

Elisabetha,   1778,  Aug.  Elis.  Jacobi 

30 

Johannes,  1778,  Sept.  7  Rudi   Huper  and  wife 

Catharina,    1778,    Nov.  Georg  Lang  and  wife 

15 

Michael,   1778,   Oct.  20  Michael    Doerr    and 

Elis.  Mueller 

Cath.   Dorothea,   1778,  Margretha  Bayer 

Aug.   31 

Daniel,  1778,  Dec.  31  Daniel  Doerr  and  wife 

Elisabetha,   1778,   Jan.  Ursula    Spinner 

9 

Johannes,    1778,    Dec.  Joh.   HelHgas   and 

II  wife 

Joh.  Henricus,   1779,  Michael   Worman 

Jan.  30 

Johannes,    David,  Jacob    Kehler    and 

1779,  Jan.  15  wife,  the  parents 

Maria,  1779,  May  12  Henr.  Ott  and  wife 

Johannes,  1779,  Jan.  Joh.  Jacobi  and  wife 

31 

David,  1779,  Apr.  10  David  Spiner,  Cath. 

Gaeri 

Joh.  Jacobus,   1779,  Jacob  Dillinger  and 

June  21  wife 

Jacobus,   1779,  July  7  Henr.  Huper  and  wife 

Petrus,  1779,  July   i  Peter  Eberhart  and 

wife 

Elisabetha,    1779,   July  Philip  Lar  and  wife 

30 

Johannes,   1779,  Sept.  9  Henr.  Bitting  and  wife 

Jacobus,    1779,    Sept.   i  Adam    Willauer    and 

wife 

Susanna,   1777,  July  30  Barbara  Faber 

Catharina,   1779,  Oct.  Dorothea    Bayer, 

27  widow 


450 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


[Baptisms  entered  by  various  hands  following  the  removal  of  the  Rev. 
John  Theobald  Faber,  September,  1780,  to  August,  1781.] 

Parents                                         Children  Sponsors 

Simon  Walter                       Elisabetha,   1780,   Sept.  Jacob  Keller  and  wife 

18 

Henrich    Bleyler    and         Thomas,  b.   1780,  Dec.  Valentin   Huber  and 

wife  Susana                          22,   bap.  1782,  March  wife  Barbara 

15 

Theobald   Samuel   and       Joh.  Jacob,  b.   1780,  Job.  Jacob    Lang,  Anna 

Oct.   8,  bap.   1781,  Marg.  Lang,   single 

Febr.  6 

Joh.  Adam,  1780,  Oct.  Peter  Theis   and   wife 

8  Elisabeth 

Peter   Smith   and   wife       Anna   Elisabetha,   b.  Christian  Deily   and 

1780,  Oct.   13,  bap.  wife  Anna  Maria 

1781,  Jan,   14 
Johannes,    1780,   Nov.  Joh.   Cunius   and   wife 

25  Catarina 

Susanna,  b.  1780,  Aug.  Christian   Sneider   and 

9,  bap.   1781,  March  wife   Susanna 


wife  Maria 

Adam   Rotenberger 

eter   Sr 
Maria 

Elias  Kuter 

Christoph  Reitenaur 
and  wife  Anna  Maria 


Friedrich   Weidman 
and  wife  Margareth 

Valentin   Beidelman 
and  wife  Elisabeth 


Joh.   Henrich,  b.   1781,  Henrich  Bitting  and 

Febr.    3,    bap.    1781,  wife  Eva 
March  18 

Daniel,    b.    1781,   Apr.  Joh.    Jacobi    and    wife 

6,    bap.    1781,    Aug.  Anna 


Philip   Mumbauer   and       Magdalena,    b.    1781, 
wife   Barbara  May    19,   bap.    1781, 

July  22 
Friedrich  Diel   and  Abraham,   b.    1781, 

wife   Susanna  Febr.  29,  bap.   1781, 

July  22 


Nicolaus  Mumbauer 
and    wife    Magda- 
lena, grandparents 

David   Spinner,   single 


Record  of  the  children  who  received  Holy  Baptism  from  me,   Friedrich 
Delliker,  in  this  congregation  of  Great  Swamp,  1782. 

Peter,  b.  Oct.  16,  1781,  Hannes    Crisemer,               Peter   Eberhard,   So- 

bap.  March  10,  '82  Catharine,   his   wife            phia,    his   wife 

Anna   Maria,   b.   Oct.  Michael    Hillegas,               George   Hillegas,  Elis- 

16,1781,  bap.  March  Catharine,  his  wife             beth,  his  wife 

10 

Margreth,   b.   Jan.   7,  Johannes    Dickert,                Dorothea   Beyer 

17S1,  bap.  March  10  Elisabeth,   his    wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


451 


Children 
Sophia,    b.    Oct.    25, 

1781,  bap.  March  lo 
Peter,  b.  Febr.  9,  '82, 

bap.  March  30 
Adam,   b.    Febr.   27, 

bap.  March  30 
Elisabeth,   b.   Febr.   17, 

bap.  March  30 
Jacob,  b.  Febr.  3,  bap. 

Apr.  21 
Catharina,  b.  Febr.  28, 

bap.  Apr.  21 
M.  Barbara,  b.  Febr. 

12,  bap.  Apr.  21 
Peter,   b.   Jan.    5,   bap. 

May  12 
M.   Elisabeth,  b.  March 

28,  bap.  May  12 
Anna    Maria,    b.    May 

23,  bap.  June  23 
Magdalena,    b.    Aug. 

20,  bap.  Oct.  27 
A.    Margreth,    b.    Oct. 

23,  bap.  Dec.   8 
Jacob,  b.  Aug.  2,  bap. 
Dec.  29 


Daniel,   b.   Dec.   24, 

1781,    bap.   Jan.    19, 

'83 
Cath.    Elisabeth,   b. 

Dec.    14,    1781,   bap. 

Jan.  17 
Elisabeth,   b.    Dec.    15, 

1781,  bap.  Jan.  17 
Conrad,   b.   Dec.    18, 

1782,  bap.  March  2 

Elisabeth,    b.    Jan.    27, 

bap.  Apr.  13 
M.    Barbara,    b.    Mar. 

31,  bap.  Apr.   13 


Parents 
Peter  Hackenburger 
and  wife  Elisabeth 
Hannes  Linn  and  wife 

Anna  Maria 
Joseph  Eberhard   and 

wife    Catharina 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Anna  Maria 
Georg    Reichenbach 

and   wife   Catharina 
Michel  Doerr  and  wife 

Maria    Margareth 
Sebastian  Wendly  and 

wife  Barbara 
H.  Nikel   Ditz  and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Georg  Mack  and  wife 

Barbara 
Hans  Becker  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
Jacob    Durr    and    wife 

Anna  Margreth 
Adam   Gery  and   wife 

Barbara 
Valentin    Beutelman 
and  wife  Elisabeth 

1783. 

Elias  Cuder  and  wife 
Catharina 

Matheis  Sax  and  wife 
Elisabeth 

Friedrich    Weidman 
and    wife    Margreth 

Jacob   Wolf   and   wife 
Margreth 

Georg  Doerr  and  wife 

Sophia 
Georg   Schuez   and 

wife    Catharine 


Sponsors 
Peter  Eberhard   and 

wife   Sophia 
Peter  Eberhard   and 

wife  Sophia 
Adam   Geri   and   wife 

Barbara 
Jacob   Eberhard    and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Jacob    Gery   and    wife 

Gertraud 
Joh.    Doerr,    Jr.,    Ger- 
traud  Schlicher 
Daniel  Doerr  and  wife 

Barbara 
Heinrich   Huber,  Cath- 
arine Linn 
Jacob  Koehler  and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Barbara  Berger 

Hannes  Durr,  Sr.,  and 
wife   Magdalena 

Hannes  Hillegas   and 
wife  Anna   Maria 

Peter  Eberhard   and 
wife    Sophia 


Daniel  Clein   and  wife 
Magdalena 

Heinr.    Mambauer, 
Catharina    Didlo 

Georg  Horner   and 
wife   Susanna 

J.    Conrad    Wolf    and 
wife    Maria    Elisa- 
beth 

Johannes    Fischer,  Elis. 
Gugger 

Valentin   Cuder  and 
wife  Margreth 


452 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Hannes,  b.  Apr.  25, 

bap.  May  25 
M.   Elisabeth,   b.   June 

II,  bap.  July  6 
Hannes,  b.  May   15, 

bap.  July  27 
Catharina,  b.  Mar.  15, 

bap.  Sept.  7 
Elisabeth,    b.    July    18, 

bap.  Sept.  7 
Wilhelm,    b.    Sept.    8, 

bap.  Oct.  19 
Anna  Maria,  b.  Aug. 

14,  bap.  Oct.  19 
Christina,   b.   Sept.   26, 

bap.  Nov.  30 
H.  Wilhelm,  b.  Oct.  8, 

bap.  Dec.  21 
Catharina,   b.    Sept.  29, 

bap.  Dec.  27 


Parents 
Georg    Horner    and 

wife   Susanna 
Hannes   Riser    and 

wife  Eva 
Simon   Walter   and 

wife  Barbara 
Jacob    Fux    and    wife 

Anna    Maria 
Dewalt  Samsel  and 

wife  Anna  Maria 
Hannes    Linn    and 

wife  Anna  Maria 
Peter   Deis   and   wife 

Elisabeth 
Peter    Schmid    and 

wife    Maria 
Heinrich   Biding    [and 

wife]    Eva   Barbara 
David  Spinner  and 

wife    Catharina 


Sponsors 
Hannes  Hillegas  and 

wife  Anna   Maria 
Georg  Stallnecker  and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Hannes   Riser    and 

wife  Eva 
Heinrich   Mumbaucr 

and    wife    Catharine 
Jacob  Huber  and  wife 

Elisabeth 
Christian    Willauer, 

Susanna   Schmid 
Hannes   Riser   and 

wife  Eva 
Valentin    Huber,   Sr., 

and  wife  Barbara 
Andres   Greber   and 

wife   A.    Maria 
Georg    Horlacher    and 

wife  Eva 


Catharina,  b.  Nov.   ir, 

bap.  Jan.   11 
A.   Catharina,  b.  Nov. 

29,  bap.  March   i8 


1784- 

Daniel   Kupper   and 

wife  Elisabeth 
Joh.    Huber    and    wife 

Anna 


Baptized  by  me,  Frid.  Wilh.  Von  der  Sloot. 


Catarina,  b.  Dec.   5, 

1783,  bap.  Apr.   18, 

1784 
Joh.    George,    b.    Mar. 

5,  bap.  Apr.   18 
Maria   Barbara, b.  Apr. 

20,  bap.  May  30 
Elia?,  b.  Apr.  27,  bap. 

July  II 
Peter,  b.   March   5, 

bap.  July  II 
Catarina,  b.  Apr.   5, 

bap.  July  11 


Daniel  Dups  and  wife 
Elisabet 

George   Doerr   and 

wife  Sophia 
George   Klein    and 

wife   Barbara 
Fried.  Tiele   and   v.ife 

Susanna 
George  Mack 

Philip   Mombauer 


Johannes    Gery,    Cath- 
arina Kupper 
Anna  Huber 


Jacob    Dillinger    and 
wife 

George  Kulp  and  wife 

George    Klein    and 

wife   Maria 
David    Spinner    and 

wife    Catharina 
Peter  Eberhard   and 

wife 
Heinrich   Mombauer 

and  wife  Catarina 


Great  Swattip — Baptisms 


453 

,  ^^''''"°  P-«ts  Sponsors 

Anna   Catanna.   b.  George  Reichenbach  Anna  Marg.  Hillegas. 

and  wife  Catarina  Philip   Eberhard'' 


March  i8,  bap.  Sept 

Anna  Maria,  b.  Apr.         Valentin   Kuter   and  Mari 

18,  bap.  Sept.   13  Margareta 


a   Fuchs,   Georg 
Mueller 


Job.    George,    b.   Aug. 

2,  bap.  Aug.  21 
Johan   Jacob,   b.   Mar. 

6,  bap.  Nov.  3 
Anna    Barbara,    b. 

Aug.  3,  bap.  Nov.  3 
Joh.  David,  b.  Oct.  30, 

bap.  Dec.  6 
Joh.  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  20, 

bap.  Dec.  11 
Joh.  Catarina,  b.  Nov. 
28,  bap.  Dec.  25 


Joh.  Abraham,  b.  Mar. 

4,  1785,  bap.  Mar.  5 

Johanna  Eva,  b.  Nov. 

6,  1785,  bap.  Mar.  5 
Joh.   Michael,    b.   Jan. 

18,  bap.  Mar.  22 
Joh.  Catarina,  b.  Mar. 

10,  bap.  Apr.  9 
Johan   Daniel,  b.  Apr. 

7,  bap.  May  14 


1785. 

Elias   Kuter   and   wife 

Catarina 
Thomas  Beyer  and 

wife   Christina 
Joh.  Dickert  and  wife 

Elisabet 
Joh.   Mombauer 

Michael    Brauchler 
and  wife  Anna  Maria 

Philip   Eberhard    and 
wife    Margareta 

1786. 

Valentin    Beutelman 

and  wife  Elisabeth 
Joh.    Rieser    and    wife 

Eva 
Georg    Reichenbach 

and  wife  Catarina 
Heinr.  Mombauer  and 

wife  Catarina 
Daniel  Dups  and  wife 

Elisabeth 


J.    George    Horlacher 

and   wife  Ev8 
Johannes  Dickert 

Thomas  Beier  and 

wife 
Nicolaus    Mombaur 

Daniel  Klein  and  wife 

Catarina   Eberhard 


Peter   Eberhard   and 

wife 
Barbara   Stalnecker 

Michael  Kuhner,  Elis- 
abeth Ochs 

Joh.   Mombauer   and 
wife 

Heinr.    Bergheimer 
and  wife  Rosina 


Children  who  have  been  baptized  by  me,  John 
Joh.  Peter,  b.  Apr.  12,       Georg  Mueller  and 


bap.  July  2 
Anna    Margreth,   b. 

May  17,  bap.  July  23 
Johannes,   b.   June    19, 

bap.  Aug.  13 
Joh.    Martin,    b.    July 

28,  bap.  Sept.  3 


wife 
Jacob  Huper  and  wife 

Joh.  Huper  and  wife 

Henr.   Kopelberger 
and  wife 


Theobald  Faber,  1786. 

Peter  Eberhart  and 

wife 
Margaret  Heger 

Christofel   Ott   and 
wife 

Martin    Yung,    Char- 
Iota   Maver 


454 


Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Elisabeth,    b.    Oct.    15, 

bap.   Nov.   5 
Maria    Dorothea,    b. 

July  10,  bap.  Sept.  24 
Joh.   Jacobus,   b.    Nov. 

10,  bap.  Nov.  25 
Johannes,  b.  Nov.  4, 

bap.  Nov.  26 
David,   b.    Febr.    17, 

bap.  Apr.  i 

David,   b.    Mar.    30, 

187,  bap.  June  3 
Maria    Magdalena,    b. 

Oct.    19,    1786,    bap. 

July   15 
Friedrich,    b.    Jan.    20, 

bap.  July  15 
Johannes,   b.    May   21, 

bap.  July  15 
Johannes,    b.    Oct.    22, 

1786,  bap.  July  15 
Elisabetha,    b.    July    5, 

bap.  Aug.  5 
Magdalena,    b.    May 

26,  bap.  Aug.  26 
Jacob,    b.    Febr.    28, 

bap.  Aug.  26 
Joh.   Henrich,  b.   Aug. 

15,  bap.  Sept.   15 
Johannes,   b.    May    13, 

bap.  Sept.  16 
Jacobus,    b.    Aug.    15, 

1786,   bap.   Oct.   6 
Jacobus,    b.   Aug.    5, 

bap.  Oct.  28 
Catharina,  b.  Sept.  16, 

bap.  Oct.  28 
Catharina,   b.    Sept.   7, 

bap.  Nov.   18 
Elisabetha,  b.   Oct.  20, 

bap.  Dec.  9 


Parents  Sponsors 

Joh.  Keler  and  wife  Jacob   Keler   and   wife 

Georg  Mack  and  wife  Dorothea  Baier 

Wendel   Reninger   and  Wendel   Renninger 

wife  and  wife 

Joh.  Huper  and  wife  Joh.   Dittlo   and   Cath- 
arine Huper 

Elias  Kuther  and  wife  David   Spinner    and 

wife 
1787. 

Christian   Huper   and  David    Spiner   and 

wife  wife 

Valentin    Beutelman  Abr.  Kehler,  Maria 

and  wife  Cerfink 

Fried.  Diel  and  wife  David  Spinner  and 

wife 

Philip    Eberhart    and  Joh.  Helligas    and  wife 

wife 

Joh.   Georg  Krug   and  Joh.   Georg   Funk   and 

wife  wife 

Casper  Riser  and  wife  the   parents 

Felix   Brunner  and  Henr.  Huper  and  wife 

wife 

Ludwig    Reichert    and  Jacob  Berret  and  wife 

wife 

Henr.   Grob   and   wife  Andreas    Schutz,    Su- 
sanna  Schutz 

Henr.    Zeislef    and  Joh.  Zeusler  and   wife 

wife 

Jacob   Wittmer   and  parents 

wife 

Georg  Dittlo  and  wife  Philip  Mumbauer   and 

wife 

Michel    Breuchler    and  Christofel   Ott   and 

wife  wife 

Joh.   Georg  Ott  and  Jacob   Bischof   and 

wife  wife 

Emanuel  Heger  and  Philip    Heger,    Elis. 

wife  Schneider 


Great  Sziamp — Baptisms  455 

^^'^^'^^  Parents                                           Sponsors 

David,  b.  Dec.  i,  bap.  Henr.   Mumbauer   and       Job.  Dittio 

Dec.  25  ^vife 

Maria   Barbara,   b.  Anton    Stehler   and             Philip   Stehler   and 

Dec.  4,  bap.  Dec.  31  wife                                      vv-ife 

1788. 

Johannes    b.  Nov.  4.  Daniel   Kupper  and  Joh.  Helligas  and  wife 

1787,  bap.  Febr.  8,  wife 

1788 

Joh.  Georg,  b.  Jan.  31,  Ditter    [Dietrich]  Georg  Hoerner  and 

bap.  March  2  Mueller  and  wife  wife 

Jacobus,   b.   Oct.   26,  Jacob  Huper  and  wife  Jacob   Mekahl   and 

87,  bap.  Mar.  2,-88  Cath.   Scholl 

Cathanna,  b.  Dec.  22,  Henr.  Huper  and  wife  Jacob   Mekahl    and 

87,  bap.  Mar.  2  Cath.   Scholl 

Jacob,    Christian,   b.  Joh.   Georg  Muller  Jacob   Kehler,    Georg 

Febr.  25,  bap.  Mar.  2  \r.n  j       -r 

T      ,         ,      ^  ,  Muller  and  wife 

Jacobus,   b.   Febr.  7,  Michael  Ott  and  wife      

bap.  Mar.  23 

Catharina,  b.  Nov.  13,       Georg  Ruh  and  wife        Elisabeth  Kehler 

'87,  bap.  Mar.  23 
Margreta,   b.   Jan.    15,       Philip  Mumbauer  and       Ad.  Bossert  and  wife 

bap.  Apr.  13  ^ife 

Johannes,   b.   Mar.   21,       Georg  Schoener  and  Abraham  Levi    Eva 

bap.  Apr.   13  ^-ife  Horlacher 

Ehsabetha,  b.  July  16,       Georg  Dill  and  wife         the  parents 

1775,  bap.  Apr.  13 
Joh.   Henrich,   b.   Nov.       Georg  Dill   and  wife         the   parents 

7,  1776,  bap.  Apr. 

13,  1788 

Magdalena,   b.  Oct.  4,       Georg  Dill  and  wife         the  parents 

1778,  bap.   Apr.   13 
Catharina,  b.  Aug.  14,       Georg  Dill   and  wife         the  parents 

1780,  bap.  Apr.  13 

Margaretha,  b.  Dec.  5,       Georg  Dill   and  wife         the   parents 

1782,  bap.  Apr.  13 
Joh.  Jacob,  b.  Mar.  25,       Georg  Dill   and  wife         the   parents 

1785,  bap.  Apr.  13 

Georg,  b.  Sept.  7,  1787,       Georg  Dill   and  wife         the  parents 
bap.  Apr.  13 

Jacob,  b.  Mar.  19,  bap.       Fried.    Weittman    and       Jacob   Burhart  and 
May  12  wife  ^vife 


456              Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

Children  Parents  Sponsors 

Barbara,  b.   Mar.   i,  Job.  Huper  and  wife  Valentin   Huper  and 

bap.  May  12  wife 

Elisabetha,  b.  Febr.  25,  Peter  Lang  and   wife  Peter   Hagenberg   and 

bap.  Mar.  12  wife 

Philip,    b.    Apr.    25,  Job.  Zeislef  and  wife  the  parents 

bap.  Aug.  6 

Daniel,  b.  July  8,  bap.  Christofel    Ott   and  Georg  Worman   and 

Aug.   17  wife  wife 

Jacob,  b.  July  8,   bap.  Peter  Busch   and    wife  Jacob  Huper   and  wife 

Aug.   17 

Henrich,   b.   Aug.   i,  Jost  Reling  and  wife  Henr.    Huper   and   Su- 

bap.  Sept.  7  sanna  Klein 

Andreas,  b.   May   30,  Widow   Stahl  Andreas  Richer   and 

bap.  Sept.  28  wife 

Johannes,    b.    Sept.   7,  Daniel  Dups  and  wife  Job.    Dillinger,    Eiisa- 

bap.  Oct.  19  beth  Ott 

Jacob,    b.    Aug.    31,  Peter   Willauer   and  Jacob   Geri   and   wife 

bap.   Oct.    19  wife 

Catharina,   b.   Aug.    3,  Fried.  Diel  and  wife  Ursula  Spinner 

bap.  Oct.  22 

Elisabeth,  b.  Apr.  i,  Abraham  Bleiler  and  Ludwig  Bender 

bap.  wife 

George,  b.  Aug.   17,  Isaac  Klein  and  wife  Georg  Klein  and  wife 

bap.  

[The  last  two  entries  were  made  by  another  hand.] 

Children  baptized  by  me,  N.[icholas]  Pomp. 
1790. 

David,  b.  Oct.  5,  1789,  John   Huber   and   wife  David   Ditlo,   Maria 

bap.  Jan.   3,  '90  Margareth  Horn 

Henrich,  b.  Dec.  12,  Jacob  Krebs  and   wife  Gottfried   Wiesemer 

'89,  bap.  Jan.  3  Susanna  and  wife 

Joseph,  b.  July  2,  '89,  William   Lickenbotten  Daniel    Heller,    Maria 

bap.  Jan.   3  and   wife  Eberhard 

Susanna,    b.    Sept.    18,  Georg   Hoerner   and  Peter    Schmid    and 

bap.   Febr.   14  wife   Susanna  wife 

Johanna,    b.    Febr.    — ,  Jacob  Dillinger  and  Johannes    Kehler    and 

bap.  Mar.  28  wife   Catharina  wife 

Maria,   b.   Oct.   3,   '89,  Georg   Urman   and  Jacob   Eugelmann 

bap.   Mar.  28  wife   Catarina 

Joh.  Ludwig,   b.    Mar.  Abraham    Bleiler    and  Ludwig  Bender  and 

16,  bap.  Apr.   1  wife   Margareth  wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


457 


Children  Parents                                         Sponsors 

Georg    Valentin, b.  Oct.  Michael   Rudolph    and       Valentin   Paul   and 

I,  '89,  bap.  May  9  wife  Margareth                   wife 

Anna   Maria,  b.   June  Jacob   Berend    and             

14,  '86,  bap.  May  30  wife 

Magdalena,  b.  June  3,  Peter   Willauer 
bap.  June  18 

1792. 

Anna    Maria,    b.   Apr.       Philip   Eberhard    and 
5,  bap.  June  2  wife    Anna    Marga 

reth 


John  Willauer,  Mar- 
gareth  Hillegas 

Henrich    Eberhard, 
Catharina    Hillegas 


Children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  John  Faber,  A.  D.  1792. 

Daughter,  b.   Febr.   8  Conrad  Eberhart                 

Elisabetha,  b.  Dec.   19  Peter  Busch                         

Anna   Maria,  b.   Febr.  Abraham  Bleiler                 Jacob  Weiss  and  wife 
10 

Children  who  were  baptized  by  me,  John  Faber,  in  1793. 

Heinrich,    b.    Dec.    19,  Henrich    Mumbauer            Abr.  Ditlo  and  wife 

'92,  bap.  Febr.  9  and  wife 

Elisabeth,  b.  Jan.  4,  Jacob  Weis  and  wife         Georg  Herner  and 

bap.   Mar.   10  wife 

Susanna,    b.    Oct.    18,  John  Young  and  wife       John  Adam  Rhodeber- 

'92,  bap.  Mar.  31  ger  and  wife 

Hanna,  b.  Sept.  7,  '92,  Heinr.    Huber   and              John  Huber,  Hanna 

bap.  Mar.   31  wife 

Samuel,   b.   July    31,  Peter    Dorder    and 

bap.   Mar.   31  wife 

John,  b.   Nov.   10,   '92,  Emanuel    Huber    and 

bap.  Mar.  3  wife 

Heinrich,   b.   Febr.    12,  Michael  Weber  and 

lap.  Apr.  21  wife 

Anna  Margreth,  b.  John  Zeislef 


Weigert 
Godfrid    Wiesemer 

and  wife 
John   Huber  and   wife 


Jan.  29,  bap.  Apr.  21 
Maria    Elisabetha,    b. 

Febr.   29,   bap.   Apr. 

21 
Maria,  b.  Aug.  i 


Jacob  Rodenburger 


Christian    Huber 


Catarina   Mattinger, 

Heinr.  Huber 
Casper    Riser    and 

wife 
Maria   Elis.   Stahleker, 

widow 

Ulrich  Shitz  and  wife 


John    George,   b.   June       Jacob  Sneider 

24 
Daniel,  b.  July  25  Adam   Brauchler 


Fried.    Wagner,    Cath. 

Herings 
Daniel  Klein  and  wife 


458 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 

Parents 

Sponsors 

Joseph,  b.  May  14 

Ulrich   Shitz 

Velt.   Huber,  Eva 
Willauer 

Susanna,  b.  May  4 

Peter  Kuter 

Conrad   Eberhard   and 
wife 

Heinrich,  b.  Febr.   12 

Michael   Weber 

Heinr.   Huber,    Cath. 
Madinger 

Anna    Marg.,    b.    Jan. 

John  Zeislef 

Caspar    Riser    and 

29 

wife 

Maria  Elis.,  b.  Febr.  27 

Jacob   Rodenburger 

Maria  Elis.  Stahlecker 

Susanna,  b.  Oct.   18, 

John   Young 

John   Rodenburger 

1792 

Hanna,  b.  Sept.  7,  1792 

Heinr.  Huber 

John   Ruber,   Nancy 
Weigert 

John    George,    b.    July 

Jacob  Sneider 

Fried.   Wagner,   Caty 

14.   1793 

Horinger 

Daniel,  b.  July  25 

Adam   Brauchler 

Daniel  Klein  and  wife 

Samuel,  b.  Apr.  5 

Peter  Kifer 
1795- 

V'alentin   Paul   and 
wife 

George,   b.   Dec.   15, 

Henr.  Ott 

Jacob  Eberhardt  and 

1794,   bap.   Mar.  2 

wife 

Maria,  bap.  Mar.  2 

John  Welker 

Georg  Ruch  and  wife 

John  Adam,  b.  Jan.  8, 

Adam  Schutze 

George   Busch  and 

1795,  bap,  Apr.   5 

wife 

Elisabetha,   b.   May  6, 

Sally  Scheiffly 

Jacob   Eberhard   and 

1792,  bap.  Apr.   5 

Avife 

Jacob,  b.  Jan.   11,  bap. 

Henry   Mumbaucr 

Daniel   Miller   and 

Apr.  5 

wife 

Joseph,   b.    Febr.   28, 

Nath.  Wetknecht 

George    Hillegas, 

bap.  Apr.  5 

Barb.  Bertoin 

Anna   Maria,    b.    Nov. 

Peter  Bush 

Jacob  Zerfinger 

18,  1794,  bap.  Apr.  26 

1796. 

Michael,  b.  Sept.  20 

Ileinrich   Eberhard 

Daniel    Dups 

Anna    Maria,  b.  Sept.  9 

John   Dillinger 

Jacob    Dillinger    and 
wife 

Record  of  the  children 

Avho  were  baptized  by 

me,  Albert  Helffenstein. 

Johan  (  ?),  b.  Aug.  22, 

Johann    Schitz   and 

Ulrich    Schitz    and 

1808 

wife  Eva 

Mat.  Schitz 

Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


459 


Children 
Johann,  b.  July  4,  1808 

Hanna,  b.  Aug. 9, 1808 

Samuel,  b.  Sept.  7, 1808 

Maria   Magdalena,   b. 

Sept.  17,  1808 
Michael,   b.   Nov.   28, 

1808 

Lydia,  b.  Oct.  23,  bap. 

Dec.  3 
Jacob,  b.  July  27,  bap. 

Oct.  I 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  10,  bap. 


Parents 
Jacob    Wenig    and 

wife   Elisabet 
Henrich   Stehler   and 

wife   Elisabet 
Adam  Schneider   and 

wife   Elisabet 
Abraham   Henrichs 

and  wife 
Georg  Dubs  and  wife 

1809. 

Jacob    Schwenk    and 

wife   Molly 
Michael    Scholl    and 

wife 
Jacob  Schneider  and 

wife 


Sponsors 

Johannes   Boogter, 
Frena   Boogter 

Henrich   Romich   and 
wife    Magdalena 

Jacob    Willauer,    Su- 
sanna Miller 

Jacob   Schwenk   and 
wife 

Henrich  Eberhard  and 
wife 

Johan  Dillineer  and 

wife  Maricha 
Johan   Sechler   and 

wife   Elisabeth 
Johan   Schultz   and 

wife  Eva 


[Irregular  entries  made  by  various  hands.] 


Lydia,  b.  Dec.  17,  1800 


Samuel,    b.    Febr.   20, 
1803 

Johannes,   b.   Febr.   14, 
1806 

Catharina,  b.  Nov.  27, 
1809 

David,    b.    Sept.    30, 
1812 

Daniel,   b.   May  26, 

i8i6,    bap.    Aug.    9, 

1816 
Reuben,   b.  June    17, 

1816,   bap.   Aug.  4, 

i8i6 
Ellas,  b.  May2i,  1816, 

bap.  Aug.  25 


Johannes   Rodenburger 

and    wife    Anna 

Margaret 
Johannes   Rodenburger 

and    wife    Anna 

Margaret 
Johannes   Rodenburger 

and    wife    Anna 

Margaret 
Johannes   Rodenburger 

and    wife    Anna 

Margaret 
Johannes   Rodenburger       Jacob   Schwenk   and 


Adam   Rodenburger 
and  wife 

Adam  Stahlecker 


Peter   Rodenburger 
and  wife 

Jacob    Deis    and    wife 


and    wife    Anna 

Margaret 
Johannes   Rodenburger 

and    wife    Anna 

Margaret 
Daniel  Dubs  and  wife 

Elisabeth 

Abraham    Hendricks 
and  wife  Charlotta 


wife 

Wilhelm  Dillinger  and 
Anna    Schwenk 

Jacob   Dubs    and   wife 
Maria 

Samuel   Ruecker   and 
wife   Catharina 


460 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Children 
Anna   Maria,  b.   Aug. 

28,  1819,  bap.  Oct.  2 
Elisabeth,    b.    Nov.    8, 

1822 
Marianne,   b.   Aug.    8, 

1816,    bap.    Aug.    15 


Parents 
Johannes  Rothenburger 

and   wife   Margreta 
Johan   Rothenburger 

and   wife   Margreta 
John   Oel    and   wife 

Elisabeth 


Sponsors 
Joseph   Dubs,  Anna 

Rothenburger 
Cathrina  Rothenburger 

Samuel   Roeder  and 
Elisabeth 


[Baptisms  by  Rev.  Fr.  Wm.  Von  der  Sloot,  Jr.,  1814-1818.*] 
Parents 
Jacob    Stauffer,    Mar- 

gareth,  his  wife 
Henrich   Dubs,   Maria, 

his  wife 


David    Eberhard.Mar- 
gareta,  his  wife 

Daniel  Eberhard,  Ma- 
ria, his  wife 

John    Handschuh, 
Magdalena,  his  wife 

John    Rudolph,    Sara, 

his  wife 
Wilh.   Schiitz,   Sara, 

his  wife 

George    Nees,   Maria, 
his  wife 

John    Nees,    Elisabeth, 
his  wife 

Henrich   Diirr,  Elisa- 
beth, his  wife 

Henrich    Dubs,    Mar- 
garetha,  his  wife 

Jacob   Schwenck,  Mag- 
dalena 

•  These  baptisms  are 


Children 
Jacob,  b.  Oct.  21,  1813, 

bap.   May  22,   1814 
Salome,  b.  April   19, 

1815,    bap.    June    4, 

1815 
Margreta,  b.  Mar.  21, 

1815,    bap.    Jan.    28, 

'16 
George,    b.    March    9, 

'16,    bap.    April    21, 

'16 
Johann,   b.   March    i, 

'16,    bap.    April    21, 

'16 
Karl,  b.   March   8, '16, 

bap.  April  21 
Katharina,  b.  Dec  20, 

'16,   bap.   Oct.    19, 

1817 
John  Elias,  b.  May  22, 

1817,    bap.    Oct.    18, 

1817 
Joseph,  b.  July  7,  1817, 

bap.  Oct.  19,  1817 
Maria,    b.    Sept.    12, 

1817,  bap.  Nov.  9, 
1817 

Hanna,  b.  May  6,1818, 

bap.  June  6,   1818 
Thomas,   b.    May   6, 

1818,  bap.   June   28, 
1818 

entered  in  the  account  book. 


Witnesses 
George    Mumbauer, 

Catharine,   his   wife 
Daniel   Dubs,  Elisa- 

betha,  his  wife 


Peter    Diez,    Susanna, 
his  wife 

Johan   Erdmann,  Anna 
his  wife 

Valent.   Huber,  Mag- 
dalena,  his   wife 

George  Rudolph,  Elis- 
abeth  Miiller 

Johannes   Buskirk, 
Katharina,   his   wife 

John   Schaab,   Hanne, 
his  wife 

Joseph  Kob,   Cathar., 

his  wife 
David   Diirr,  Elis. 

Birkenstock 

Salome   Dubs,   Elisa 

Sarburger    (?) 
Jacob   Theiss,   Eva,  his 

wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


461 


Parents 
Jacob  Did,  Marg.,  his 
wife 


Abraham   Hendriks, 

Charlotte,   his  wife 
Jacob  Dubs,  Anna 

Maria 
Henrich   Huber,  Kath- 

arina 
Christian    Doll,   Maria 

his  wife 

Jacob   Knecht,    Katha- 
rina,  his  wife 

John    Rudolph,    Sara, 
his  wife 

May  2,  1819,  David 
his  wife.* 


Children 

Susanne,  b.  May  24, 

1818,  bap.  Aug.   30, 

1818 
Hanna,  b.  July  10,  '18, 

bap.  Aug.  30,  '18 
Jacob,  b.  July  18,  '18, 

bap.  Aug.  30,  '18 
Sophie,  b.  July  8,  '18, 

bap.  Aug.   30,  '18 
Washington,   b.   Aug. 

19,  i8i8,   bap.   Sept. 

20,  i8i8 
Johannes,   b.   Sept.  20, 

1818,   bap.    Nov.   22, 
1818 
Elisa    Mathilda,    b. 
Sept.    II,    1818,   bap. 
Nov.  22,  18 18 
Etwein,  aged  17  days.     VVitn.,  David  Spinner  and 


Witnesses 
Cathar.   Engelman, 
widow 

Abrah.  Dorsch,  Maria, 

his  wife 
Michel   Schneider, 

iMargaretha,  his  wife 
Jacob   Hedrich,   Sara, 

his   wife 
John    Klein,    Veronica, 

his  wife 

Henrich  Diirr,  Elisab., 
his  wife 

Jacob    Erdmann, 
Hanna,   his   wife 


[Baptisms  by  John  Theobald  Faber,  Jr.,  1819-1831.] 

Wniiam   Shitz,   Sarah,       Elias,  b.  Sept.  24, 1819,       Ulrich  Shitz  and  wife 

bap.  Nov.   13,   1819 
Salome,  b.  Sept.  23, 

1819,   bap.   Nov.    13, 

1819 
Henrich,   b.   Nov.    14, 

1819,   bap.   Dec.    12, 

1819 
Marcus  Luis,  b.  April 

25,   1819,   bap.   Febr. 

6,   1820 
William,    b.    Nov.    24, 

1819,  bap.  April   16, 
1820 

Joel,  b.  Jan.  20,   1820, 
bap.  April   16,   1820 
Ellas,    b.    April    29, 

1820,  bap.  June  25 


his  wife 
Peter    Engelman,    Ma 
ria,  his  wife 

John    Shaeffer,   Su- 
sanna 

Henry  Engelman   and 
Elisabeth 

George    Miller    and 
Catharina 


John  Miller  and  Eiis 

abeth 
Henry  Derr  and  Elis 

abeth 

*  Entered  by  another  hand. 
31 


Cath.  Engelman 


Christian   Scherer   and 
wife 

Paul  Heller  and  wife 


John  Mechlin  and 
wife 

Jesse    Stahl,    Cath. 

Miller 
Jacob   Mohn   and  wife 


462 


Church  Records   of  Goshcnhoppcn 


Parents 

Daniel  Eberhard  and 
Maria 

Adam   Wieder,    Chris- 
tina, his  wife 

Jacob    Erdman,Hanna, 
his  wife 

Heinrich    Bauman, 
Sarah,   his   wife 

Peter    Dietz,    Susanna, 
his  wife 

Peter   Engelman,    Ma- 
ria, his  wife 

John    Berkestock, 
Cath.,  his  wife 

Jacob    Derr,    Magda- 
lena,  his  wife 

George    Gerhart,    Su- 
sanna,  his   wife 

Abraham    Ditlow, 
Catharine,    his    wife 

Heinrich    Huber,  Cath- 
arina,  his  wife 

Peter  Rau,   Rahel,   his 
wife 

Michael    Eberhard, 
Elisabeth,   his    wife 

Daniel  Rader,  Eva 


John    Berkenstock, 
Catharina 

Daniel    Eberhard, 
Maria 

Jacob    Derr,    Magda- 

lena 
David    Eberhard    [and 

wife] 


Children 
Elisabeth,    b.   June    13, 

bap.  Aug.   6 
Maria    Anna,    b.   June 

27,  bap.  Aug.  6 
Charles,    b.    June    14, 

1820,  bap.  Aug.  20 
Sarah,  b.  Nov.   29,  1820, 

bap.  Febr.  11,   1821 
Peter,  b.  Jan.  4,   1821, 

bap.    March   4,    1821 
,  b.  Jan.   II,   1821, 

bap.   March  25.  1821 
,  b.  Nov.   I,   1820, 

bap.  March  25,  1821 
,  b.  Febr.  22,  1821, 

bap.   April    23,    1821 
Thomas,  b.  March  20, 

1821,  bap.  May  6 
,  b.  ,  bap. 

May  6,   1821 
Elisabeth,    b.   April    i, 

1821,    bap.    Jan.    17, 

1822 
George,   b.   Dec.    18, 

1821,  bap.   Febr.  24, 
1822 

Maria  Esther,  b.  Febr. 

6,   1822,  bap.   March 

17,   1822 
Caroline,   b.    Febr.    18, 

1822,  bap.  Febr.  27, 
1822 

Levina,   b.   May   26, 

1822,    bap.    July    22, 

1822 
Lydia,    b.    June    25, 

1822,    bap.   July    22, 

1822 
Thomas,  b.  July  30, 

1823 
VVilhelm,  b.  ,  bap. 

Oct.  26 


Witnesses 
Samuel    Derr,   Elis. 

Erny 
Philip   Weickcl   and 

wife 
Conrad    Rinker,    Elis. 

Huber 
John    Kline    and    wife 

Maria 
Abr.   Dietz,   Sophia 

Eberhard 
David    Derr,    Magd. 

Horlachcr 
And.  Engelman  and 

wife 
John  Felman  and  wife 

Jacob    Fassbenner   and 

wife 
David   Kuns,    Mary 

Mumbauer 
David  Huber  and  wife 


Geo.  Wener  and   wife 


Catharina  Kneppley, 
widow 

the  parents   themselves 


Anton  Emig  and 
Hanna 

Valentin    Huber    and 
wife 

George   Miller,    Maria 

Derr 
Georg   Ditz    and    wife 


Great  Swamp — Baptisms 


463 


Parents 
George    Gerhart,    Su- 
sanna,  his   wife 
John    Kline,   Elisabeth, 
his  wife 

David  Ebcrhart,   Ma- 
ria, his  wife 

John  Rudolf,  Sarah 


Jacob    Derr,    Magda- 
lena 

George    Gerhart,    Su- 
sanna,  his   wife 

David  Huber,  Susanna 


George  Kline,   Su- 
sanna,  his   wife 

John   Funk   and  wife 

Jonathan    Ditlow, 
Anna,  his  wife 

Jonathan    Ditlow, 

Anna,  his  wife 

Jacob   Dover,   Lidia, 

his  wife 
Jacob  Dover,   Lidia, 

his  wife 

George   Kline,   Su- 
sanna,  his  wife 

George    Gerhart,    Su- 
sanna,   his   wife 


Children 
Enos,  b.  Aug.  17,  1823, 

bap.  Oct.  26,   1823 
Johannes,    b.    Dec.    15, 

1823,   bap.    March 

21,    i823[24] 
Maria    Anna,    b.    Dec. 

3,   1823,  bap.  March 

21,    i823[24] 
Carolina,    b.    May    28, 

1825,    bap.    Aug.    6, 

1825 
William,   b.   Nov.   5, 

1825,  bap.    Jan.    22, 
1826 

George,   b.   Dec.    15, 

1826,  bap.    March 
i8,   1827 

Susanna,  b.   Febr.   i, 

1827,  bap.  April  29, 
1827 

Salomon,    b.    Febr.    12, 
1827,  bap.  April  29, 
1827 
John,    bap.    July    5, 
1829 

Allen    David,    b.   

19,    1825,    bap.    Dec. 
2,   1827 
Henrietta,   b.   Dec.   30, 
1826,    bap.    Sept.    2, 
1827 
Jacob,  b.  Febr.  i,  1824, 

bap.  Sept.  2,   1827 
Solomon,  b.  Oct.  24, 
1825,    bap.    Sept.    2, 
1827 
Anna  Maria,  b.  March 
18,    1828,   bap.  June 
I,   1828 
Susanna,   b.   April   8, 
1829,  bap.  July  5, 
1829 


Witnesses 
Adam   Eberhard   and 

wife 
Margreth   Diehl 


Conrad    Eberhart    and 
wife 

Daniel   Eberhard    and 
Maricha 

George    Derr,    Elisa 
Helman 

Philip    Gerhart   and 
wife    Sara 

Daniel    Eberhard    and 
Anna  Maria 

Isaac   Kline    and    wife 
Barbara 

John    Dubs,    Elisabeth, 

his  wife 
David   Ditlow   and 

wife  Anna   Maria 

David    Huber,    Su- 
sanna,  his   wife 

David   Ditlow   and 
Anna  Mary,  his  wife 

Jacob    Dover   and 
Lidia,   the   parents 

Enoch   Erdman,  Re- 
becca, his  wife 

Daniel   Roder,   Eve, 
his    wife 


464 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Parents 
Jacob    Rudolf,    Elisa- 
beth, his  wife 

Conrad    Reinhardt, 
Lydia,   his   wife 

Jacob  Dover,  Lydia, 
his  wife 

John   Rudolf   and 
Sarah 


abeth 
Jacob  Derr,  Magda- 
lena 

Samuel   Derr,    Catha- 
rina 

John  Rudolf,  wife 

Sarah 
Jacob   Dover,   wife 

Lydia 


Witnesses 
Michael   Rudolf,   Elis- 
abeth, his  wife 


Children 
Daniel,  b.  April  26, 

1829,    bap.    July    26, 

1829 
Elisabeth,  b. ,    bap.       John  Ruch,   Elisabeth, 

Aug.  16,  1829  his  wife 

Maria  Ann,  b.  July  9,       Jacob  Dubbs  and  wife 

1829,  bap.    Sept.    6, 
1829 

Sarah  Anna,   b.   Oct.        Samuel    Rinker,Catha- 
23,    1829,    bap.    Dec.  rina,  his  wife 

20 
George  Kline  and  Su-       Johann   Isaac,   b.   May       Jacob    Shell,    Maria, 

sanna  3,  1829,  bap.  his  wife 

Jacob   Deiss   and  Elis-       Levi,  b.  Aug.  30,  1830,       Michael    Reichenbach, 
bap.  Nov.  21,  1830  Maria,  his  wife 

Sophia,    b.    Oct.    12,  Joseph  Miller,  Sophia 

1830,  bap.    Dec.    12,  Everhart 
1830 

Sophia,   b.    Sept.   28,  Michael    Reichenbach, 

1830,  bap.    Dec.    12,  Maria,  his  wife 
1830 

Levina,  b.  Oct.  3,  1830,       John    Ruch,    Elisabeth, 

bap.  June   18,   1831  his  wife 

Elisabeth,   b.   June    14,       John   Gerhard,   Sophia 

1831,  bap.    July    31,  Eberhard 
1831 


[This  concludes  the  baptismal  entries  by  Mr.  Faber.] 
Jacob    Derr,    Magda-         Jacob,  b.  April  4,  1833       Peter   Engelman    and 


lena 
George  Gerhart  and 
Susanna 


David,    b.    June    13, 
1833,  bap.  Sept.  8 


Magd. 
David   Kemmerer, 
Margareta  Eberhard 


[These  baptisms  were  performed  by  Rev.  Andrew  Strasburger.  They 
are  followed  by  81  baptisms  entered  by  the  Rev.  Daniel  Weiser,  from 
September  3,  1833,  to  January  25,  1863.] 


[BURIAL  RECORDS.] 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  John  Theobald  Faber.     They  are 
as  follows: 

1767,  April  21,  the  young  Eberhard  was  buried,  who  lived  in  the  congre- 
gation of  Great  Swamp. 


Great  Swamp — Burials  465 

1767,  May  14,  a  son  of  Joseph  Eberhard  was  buried,  named  Benshamer, 
from  the  Swamp. 

1768,  May  24,  John  Phil.  Fackenthal  was  buried,  living  in  the  congrega- 
tion at  Springfield. 

1768,  Oct.  3,  Henry  Grob  was  buried.     His  aged  57  years,  of  the  Swamp 
congregation. 

1768,  Nov.  19,  Franz  Russ  was  buried.     His  aged  31  years,  of  the  Swamp 
congregation. 

1769,  Sept.  6,  Ulrich  Spinner  was  buried.     His  age  52  years,  3  months,  3 
days,  of  the  Swamp  congregation. 

1770,  June  22,   Valentin   Dickenschied   was  buried.     His   age   36   years,   7 
months  and  3  weeks  less  one  day. 

1771,  Jan.  29,  Peter  Bleiler's  daughter  was  buried,  named  Anna  Catharine, 
of  the  Swamp  congregation;  aged  10  years,  11  months  and  some  days. 

1771,  June  22,  Christian  Willauer  was  buried,  born   1706,  Jan.  20.     His 
age:  64  years,  5  months. 

1771,  Nov.  18,  Joh.  Zoeller  was  buried;   born   1728,  Nov.   16;  his  age  43 
years,  2  days. 

1772,  January   16    (or   23),    Mr.   Thowahrt's   little   son    was   buried.     His 
name:  George  Jacob,  his  aged  2  years,  6  weeks  and  some  days. 

1772,  Oct.  21,  Jacob  Kehler's  daughter  was  buried;  her  name  Anna  Bar- 
bara, was  born  1768,  Febr.  5;  her  age  4  years,  10  months,  16  days. 

1772,  Nov.  3,  Michael  Eberhart  was  buried;  born   1698,  March  4th.     His 
age  74  years  and  a  half  and  9  weeks. 

i773>  J^n.  6,  Agnes  Kaiser  was  buried;  born   1702,  the  date  is  unknown, 
her  age  about  72  years. 

1773,  Apr.  2,  George  Mecklin's  daughter  was  buried;  born   1771,  Febr.  7. 
Her  age  2  years,  2  months  and  6  days. 

1773,  June  6,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Zeiner  died;  born   1738,  Dec.  3.     Her  age 
37  years  and  some  months. 

i773>  July  i5>  Baltzer  Stiel's  child  was  buried;  born  1772,  Nov.  27.     Age 
I  year,  8  months  and  some  days. 

1774,  Apr.   I,  Peter  Linn's  daughter  was  buried;   born   1771,  August  23. 
Her  aged  2  years,  7  months,  7  days. 

1774,  Apr.  27,  son  of  Ludwig  Nusspickel  was  buried;  aged  2  years,  2  days. 
1774,  May  5,  daughter  of  Ludwig  Nusspickel  was  buried;   aged  6  years, 

3  months,  i  day. 
1774,  June  15,  daughter  of  Christophel  Ott  buried;  aged  4  months,  28  days. 
i775>  Jan-   i5»  Valentin  Huper's  daughter  was  buried.     Her  age  6  years, 

5  months,  10  days. 
i775>  Febr.  22,  Theobald  Brauchler's  daughter  was  buried;  aged  11  years, 

3  weeks,  some  days. 


466  Church   Records   of  Gosheuhoppen 

1775.  June  24,  Anna   Margaretha   Weis  was  buried;   born   April  7,   1706. 

Her  age  69  years,  2  months  and  2  weeks. 
1775.  Sept.   15,  Jacob  Rauber's  daughter  was  buried;   born   1773,  Oct.   13. 

Her  age  i  year,  11  months,  2  days. 
1775,  Oct.  15,  Adam  Rauchert's  daughter  was  buried;  born   1774,  Oct.  9; 

aged  I  year  less  17  days. 

1775,  Nov.    3,   John    Neukomer's    wife    was   buried;    born    Febr.    28,    1735. 
Her  age  40  years,  8  months. 

1776,  Aug.  15,  Michael  BischoflF's  wife  was  buried;  born  1722,  March  17th, 
her  age  54  3'ears,  5  months  less  2  days 

1776,  Nov.  4,  Jacob  Wittmer's  wife  was  buried;  born  1742,  about  the  mid- 
dle of  Sept.     Her  age  34  years  and  about  6  weeks. 

1777,  May  12,  John  George  Schonsebach  was  buried;  born   1746,  day  un- 
known.    His  age,  about  51  years. 

1777,   Aug.   3,  Jacob   Rauber's   daughter  was  buried;   born    1760,   Febr.   6. 

Her  age  17  years,  6  months  less  5  days. 
'777.  July  25,  two  children  of  Daniel  Dubs  were  buried  at  the  same  time, 

namely  a  son  and  a  daughter.     The  son  was  born   1775,  Sept.  7;  the 

daughter  1774,  Jan.  20.    The  age  of  the  boy  was  i  year,  10  months 

and  2  weeks,  the  girl  3  years,  7  months  and  4  days. 
1777,  Aug.   16,  Joseph  Eberhart's  child  was  buried;   born   1769,  Jan.  22; 

aged  8  years,  7  months  less  6  days. 
1777,  Aug.  24,  Baltzer  Stiehl's  daughter  was  buried;  born  1759,  on  Wed- 
nesday after  ?;  her  age  17  years,  4  months,  8  days. 

1777,  Aug.  27,  Mrs.  Schansebach  was  buried;  born  1723,  May  8th,  her  age 

54  years,  4  months,  3  weeks. 
1777,  Aug.  26,  Jacob  Wittmer's  daughter  was  buried;  born   1765,  Aug.  4. 

Her  age  12  years  and  about  3  weeks. 
1777,  Aug.  31,  John  Jacobi's  child  was  buried;  born  1776,  Aug.  2;  aged  i 

jear  and  4  weeks.     Soon  afterwards  another  one  of  his  children  was 

buried. 
1777,  Aug.  30,  Michael  Eberhart's  wife  was  buried;  born  1725,  April  15th, 

aged  52  years,  4  months,  2  weeks. 
1777,  Aug.  30,  Joseph  Eberhart's  child  was  buried;  born  1772,  March  5th; 

aged  5  years  and  5  months  less  6  days. 
1777,  Aug.  30,  Rudi  Huper's  son  was  buried;  born  1770,  Jan.  2;   aged  7 

years,  8  months  less  one  day. 
1777,  Sept.  7,  Peter  Weber's  daughter  was  buried;  born   1768,  Apr.   15th; 

aged  9  years,  5  months. 
1777,  Sept.  22,  Felix  Bruner's  child  was  buried;  born  1772,  July  14;  aged 

5  years,  2  months,  7  days. 
1777,  Oct.  14,  John  Lohe's  child  was  buried;  born   1770,  July  10;   aged  7 

years,  3   months,  2  days. 


Great  Sivamp — Burials  467 

1777,  Oct.  3,  George  Mack's  daughter  was  buried;  born  1776,  June  23, 
aged  I  year,  3  months,  i  week,  3  days. 

1777,  Oct.  s,  Henr.  Ott's  child  was  buried;  born  1777,  April  4th;  aged 
half  a  year. 

I777>  Oct.  6,  Georg  Kern's  son  was  buried;  born  1772,  Apr.  23;  aged  5 
years,  5  months,  10  days. 

1778,  Jan.  8,  Henry  Huper  was  buried;  born  1715,  Apr.  15th;  aged  62 
years,  9  months  less  7  days. 

1778,  March  6,  Felix  Bruner's  daughter  was  buried;  born  1774,  Nov.  19; 
aged  3  years,  3  months,  5  days. 

1779,  Febr.  9,  the  old  Mrs.  Schiitz  was  buried;  born  1698,  Aug.  20;  aged 
80  years,  5  months,  3  weeks. 

1779,  Febr.  10,  the  old  Mrs.  Willauer  was  buried;  born  1710,  about  No- 
vember, aged  about  68  years,  3  months. 

1779,  March  29,  Rudolph  Huper  was  buried;  born  1722,  May  ist;  aged  56 
years,  10  months,  4  weeks. 

1779,  Apr.  16,  Nicolaus  Biber's  daughter  was  buried;  born  1776,  Nov.  27; 
aged  2  years,  4  months,  2  weeks,  4  days. 

''779.  June  11,  Heter  (!)  Bock's  child,  named  Susanna,  was  buried;  born 
1778,  Sept.  i8th;  aged  8  months,  3  weeks  and  one  day. 

List  of  those  who  died  and  were  buried  under  the  ministry  of  Fr.  Del- 
liker,  in  this  congregation. 

1783. 

April  17,  Michael  Eberhard,  aged  51  years,  2  weeks. 

April  18,  Anna  Maria  Scholl,  widow  of  the  late  Peter  Scholl.     Her  age  65 

years,  i  month,  second  weeks. 
April  27,  Verena  Rudolph,  widow  of  the  late  Heinrich  Rudolph;  her  age 

64  years,  10  months. 
May  4,  Margreth  Holzhauser,  wife  of  Caspar  Holzhauser,  aged  79  years. 
Oct.  24,  Anna  Huber,  widow  of  the  late  Heinrich  Huber,  aged  67  years. 

1784. 

Buried  by  me,  Frederick  William  Von  der  Sloot. 
Sept.  6,  Ulrich  Rieser,  born  1709,  April  8,  aged  75  years,  4  months,  20  days. 

1785. 

Febr.  25,  Daniel  Hitz  was  buried,  aged  85  years,  7  months. 
Sept.  7,  Valentin  Kaiser,  aged  76  years,  11  months. 

1786. 

March  26,  Anna  Maria  Bleiler  was  buried,  aged  82  years,  10  months. 
•April  3,  John  Mombauer's  child,  John  David. 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  John  Theobald  Faber. 


468  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1786. 

Aug.  17,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Dubs  was  buried,  named  Catharine,  aged 

2  years,  8  months,  10  days. 
Nov.  20,  Peter  Eberhart,  a  deacon,  -was  buried,  aged  42  years  and  a  half 

year. 
Dec.  I,  Peter  Eberhart's  wife  was  buried,  aged  40  years,  4  months,  8  days. 

1787. 
Jan.   6,   daughter   of   Henry   Huper,   named   Anna,   was   buried,    aged    11 

months,  i  day. 
Apr.  5,  the  old  Mrs.  Hitz  was  buried;  aged  76  year,  2  weeks,  i  day. 
Oct.   II,  the  old   Mr.  Reiswig  was  buried;    aged   77  years,   5   months,   18 

days. 

1788. 

Febr.  28,  Felix  Bruner's  daughter,  Magdalene,  was  buried;  aged  8  months, 

2  days. 
Apr,  8,  Anna  Maria  Sax  was  buried;   aged  35  years,  2  months,  3  weeks 

and  one  day. 
May  31,  Anna  Rosina  Bergheimer  was  buried;  aged  37  years. 
Sept.  28,  John  Georg  Miiller's  child  was  buried;  aged  7  months. 
Oct.   22,   David   Spinner's   daughter,   named    Maria,   was   buried,    aged    3 

years,  2  months,  2  days. 

N.  Pomp,  pastor. 
1790 

Apr.  4,  Anna  Margaretha  Reisswig,  a  widow,  77  years  old. 

Those  persons  who  were  buried  by  me,  John  Theobald  Faber  [Jr.] 

1790. 
John  Swenk,  a  child,  3  years,  7  months,  2  days. 

1792. 

Breuchler,  a  child. 

1793. 

Jacob  Ruber's  child,  7  years,  2  weeks,  6  days. 
Jacob  Mory,  66  years,  4  months  less  2  days. 
Henr.  Ruber's  child. 

1794. 

Jonathan  Klein,  born  Dec.  24,  1794,  aged  i  year,  2  weeks,  6  days. 

Anna  Barbara,  his  wife,  born  April  4,  1732,  aged  62  years,   10  months,  6 

days. 
Anna  Maria  Rillegas,  born  1746,  Oct.  25;  aged  48  years,  5  months,  3  days. 


Great  Szvamp — Marriages  469 

Those  persons  who  were  burled  by  me,  Albert  Helffenstein,  in  the  year 
1808. 

Barbara  Ruber,  died  July  ir,  1808,  aged  72  years,  2  months,  7  days. 
Catarina  Dillinger,  died  Aug.  2,  1808,  aged  r  year,  5  months,  5  days. 

Andreas  Engelman, 86  years,  4  months. 

Abraham  Didlo,  aged  about  77  years. 

Joseph  Eberhard,  died  Oct.  14;  aged  72  years. 

1809. 

Anna  Huber,  born  Dec.  8 ;  aged  83  years  less  3  days. 
Valentin  Huber,  born  May  7;  aged  78  years,  2  weeks,  2  days. 

[MARRIAGE  RECORD] 

Those   persons   who   were   joined    in    marriage   by   me,   John   Theobald 
Faber. 

1767,  March  5,  Georg  Sem,  son  of  Georg  Sem,  of  Lower  Milford,  and 
Elisabeth  Reiswig,  daughter  of  John  Reiswig,  of  Upper  Milford,  were 
married. 

1768,  March  8,  David  Mehn,  son  of  Adam  Mehn,  of  Great  Swamp,  and 
Elisabetha  Redelmeyer,  daughter  of  the  late  Martin  Redelmeyer,  of 
New  Goshenhoppen. 

1768,  April  4,  Peter  Linn,  son  of  the  late  Peter  Linn,  of  Upper  Saucon,  and 
Catharina  Cock,  daughter  of  the  late  John  Cock,  of  Upper  Saucon. 

1768,  May  26,  Peter  Schuller,  son  of  Adam  Schuller,  of  Upper  Milford, 
and  Maria  Catharina  Riser,  daughter  of  Ulrich  Riser,  of  Upper 
Milford. 

1768,  Nov.  17,  Friedr.  Dill,  son  of  the  late  Simon  Dill,  of  Pikeland  town- 
ship, Bucks  County,  and  Susanna  Spinner,  daughter  of  Ulrich  Spin- 
ner, of  Great  Swamp. 

1768,  Dec.  4,  Jacob  Mack,  son  of  Wilhelm  Mack,  of  Rockhill  township, 
Bucks  County,  and  Catharine  Drumbauer,  daughter  of  Andreas  Drum- 
bauer,  of  Franconia  township,  Phila.  County. 

1769,  Jan.  3,  Joh.  Nicolaus  Diets,  son  of  Adam  Diets,  of  Upper  Saucon, 
and  Catharine  Bischoff,  daughter  of  Michael  Bischoff,  of  Swamp. 

1770,  Aug.  26,  Joh.  Nicolaus  Sanfels,  son  of  the  late  Carl  Sanfels,  of 
Lower  Milford,  and  Anna  Elis.  Ott,  daughter  of  Henr.  Ott,  of  Upper 
Milford. 

1771,  May  14,  Henr.  Ott,  widower,  of  Great  Swamp,  and  Margretha 
Ziegenfuss,  widow,  of  Tohickon. 

1771,  Nov.  17,  Joh.  dinger,  son  of  the  late  Carl  dinger,  of  Great  Swamp, 
and  Anna  Maria  Ott,  daughter  of  Henr.  Ott,  of  Great  Swamp. 


4/0  Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 

1771,  Nov.  26,  Joh.  Petrus  Reiswig,  son  of  Joh.  Reiswig,  of  Great  Swamp, 
and  Maria  Eva  Engelman,  daughter  of  Andreas  Engelmann,  of 
Great  Swamp. 

1772,  May  5,  Joh.  Hermer,  son  of  Joh.  Georg  Hermer,  of  Springfield,  and 
Susanna  Rciswich,  daughter  of  John  Reiswig,  of  Upper  Milford. 

1772,  Nov.  22,  Joh.  Hauser,  son  of  Jacob  Hauser,  of  Macungie  township, 
and  Anna  Maria  Barb.  Wolf,  daughter  of  Wm.  Wolf,  of  Macungie 
township. 

1772,  Nov.  30,  Christoffel  Ott,  son  of  Henr.  Ott,  of  Great  Swamp,  and 
Attli  Hupper,  daughter  of  Rudi  Hupper,  at  Great  Swamp. 

1773,  Jan-  i7>  Joh.  Jacobi,  son  of  the  late  Peter  Jacobi,  of  Hekok  (  !)  town- 
ship, and  Anna  Eberhart,  daughter  of  the  late  Michael  Eberhart,  of 
Great  Swamp. 

1774,  Aug.  16,  Philip  Hederig,  son  of  Peter  Hederig,  of  Richland  town- 
ship, and  Cath.  Scheib,  daughter  of  Martin  Scheib,  of  Hekok  township. 

1775,  Nov.  14,  Georg  Adam  Dorr,  son  of  the  late  Georg  Dorr,  of  Old 
Goshenhoppen,  and  Christina  Heger,  daughter  of  Philip  Hegcr,  of 
Great  Swamp. 

1775.  Nov.  28,  Henr.  Weis,  widower,  of  Great  Swamp,  and  Margreta 
Burger,  widow,  of  Great  Swamp. 

1776,  Febr.  13,  Philip  Mombauer,  son  of  Nicolas  Mombauer,  of  Great 
Swamp,  and  Barbara  Spinner,  daughter  of  the  late  Ulrich  Spinner, 
of  Great  Swamp. 

1776,  Aug.  II,  Joseph  Hornecker,  son  of  the  late  Ulrich  Hornecker,  of 
Upper  Saucon,  and  Hanna  Weber,  daughter  of  Henr.  Weber,  of  Upper 
Saucon. 

1777,  Febr.  4,  Henr.  Weber,  son  of  Henr.  Weber,  of  Upper  Saucon,  and 
Margareta  Hornecker,  daughter  of  Ulrich  Hornecker,  of  Rockhill 
township. 

1778,  Febr.  8,  Michael  Ott,  son  of  Henr.  Ott,  of  Great  Swamp,  and  Hanna 
Braun,  daughter  of  Daniel  Braun,  of  Upper  Saucon. 

1778,  Apr.  21,  Jacob  Huper,  son  of  Rudolph  Huper,  of  Great  Swamp,  and 
Anna  Maria  Heres,  widow  of  the  late  Mr.  Heres,  of  Lower  Milford. 

1778,  June  4,  Jacob  Klemer  and  Elisabetha  Andres,  both  of  Lower  Milford. 

1778,  Sept.  15,  Jacob  Wittmer  and  Susanna  Mack,  daughter  of  John  Mack, 
of  New  Goshenhoppen. 

1778,  Sept.  29,  Joh.  Becker,  of  Upper  Milford,  and  Elisabetha  Berger,  of 
Upper  Milford. 

1779,  Apr.  II,  Daniel  Klein,  son  of  Michael  Klein,  of  Great  Swamp,  and 
Magdalena  Brauchler,  daughter  of  Theobald  Brauchler,  of  Great 
Swamp. 

1779,  May  23,  Michael  Rudolph,  son  of  Henr.  Rudolph,  and  Margareta 
Ott,  daughter  of  Henr.  Ott,  both  of  Upper  Milford. 


Great  Swamp — Marriages  471 

1779,  Aug.  9,  Georg  Michael  Trumbauer,  son  of  Andres  Trumbauer,  and 
Cath.  Bock,  daughter  of  Peter  Bock,  of  Lower  Milford  township.' 

List  of  persons  married  by  Friedrich  Delliker. 

1782. 
April  23,   Georg  Doerr,  son   of  Hannes   Doerr,  of  this  congregation,   and 

Sophia   Stetler,   daughter  of  the   late   Henrich  Stetler,  of   New   Gosh- 

enhoppen. 
October  29,  Peter  Kiifer,  son  of  Johan  Kiifer,  of  Tinicum  township,  and 

Cath.   Ehsab.   Engelmann,   daughter   of   Andres   Engelman,   of   Upper 

Milford. 
Nov.  26,  David  Spinner,  son  of  the  late  Urich  Spinner,  and  Catharine  Her- 

lacher,  daughter  of  Georg  Herlacher,  of  Lower  Milford. 

1783- 
Apr.    I,    Heinrich    Mumbauer,   son    of   Niclas   Mumbauer,    and    Catharina 
Didlo,   daughter   of  Abraham   Didlo,   both   of  Lower   Milford,   Bucks 
County. 

Persons  married  by  me,  Friedrich  Wiih.  Von  der  Sloot. 

June  20th,  Caspar  Mumfeld,  son  of  Henrich  Mumfeld,  and  Catharina 
Schanzenbach,  daughter  of  George  Schanzenbach. 

Aug.  10,  Jacob  Tracksel,  son  of  Peter  Tracksel,  and  Margaretha  Eberhart, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Eberhard. 

Dec.  2,  Philip  Eberhard,  son  of  the  late  Michael  Eberhard,  of  Upper  Mil- 
ford township,  and  Margaretha  Hillegas,  oldest  daughter  of  Johannes 
Hillegas,  of  Upper  Milford  township. 

1785. 

Aug.   23,    Georg   Ditlo,    son    of   Abraham    Ditlo,    and    Maria    Magdalena 

Meier,  oldest  daughter  of  Wendel  Meier. 
Sept.  6,  Peter  Weber,  son  of  Peter  Weber  and  Maria  Reichenbach. 

Persons  who  were  married  by  me,  John  Theob.  Faber,  in  the  year  1786. 

Nov.  21,  Henr.  Grob,  of  Lower  Milford  township,  and  Margareta  Schutz, 
of  township. 

1787. 

May  15,  John  George  Ott,  of  Upper  Milford,  and  Catharina  Bishof,  of 
Lower  Milford. 


472  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

1788. 

Apr.  13,  Philip  Bitting  and  Elis.  Derrscham,  both  of  Great  Swamp. 

These  persons  were  married  by  me,  John  Faber,  Jr.,  in  the  year  1792. 

Brauchler  and  Mack. 

1793. 

Nov.  28,  Christian  Heger  and  Caty  Long,  of  Great  Swamp. 

[CATECHUMEN  RECORD] 

Children  w^ho  were  admitted  by  me,  John  T.  Faber,  on  April  17,  1767, 
in  the  congregation  of  Great  Swamp,  to  the  Lord's  Supper: 

Boys:  Girls: 

1.  Jacob  Mack,  aged  21  years  i.  Catharina  Mack,  aged  15  years 

2.  Jonas  Peters,   aged   14  years  2.  Margaretha     Bischoff,     aged     14 

3.  Jacob  Huber,  aged  16  years  jears 

3.  Anna    Maria    Buchner,    aged    14 

years 

4.  Catarina  Huber,  aged   16  years 

5.  Anna    Maria    Winder,    aged    t\ 

years 

Confirmed  at  Pentecost,  from  Saucon: 

1.  Catharina  Cock,   aged    16  years 

2.  Elisabetha  Cock,  aged  22  years 

3.  A  woman,  Maria,  Cock,  aged  22 

years 

4.  Henrich    Faust,    aged    21    years, 

from   Upper   Soucon 

In  the  year  1768,  April  i.  were  confirmed: 

1.  Peter  Reiswig,  aged  20  years  i.  Anna   Maria  Ott,  aged   16  years 

2.  Henrich  Frick,  aged  17  years  2.  Gertrude  Cock,  aged  15  years 

3.  Henrich  Hupper,  aged  17  years 

4.  Jacob  Hupper,  aged   16  years 

5.  Johannes  Grob,  aged   14  years 

6.  Valentin  Heger,  aged  14  years 

7.  Michael  Ott,  aged   14  years 

In  the  year  1769,  March  24th: 
John  Linn,  15  years 


Great  Swamp — Catechumens  473 

In  the  year  1770,  March  13th,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Caspar  Rieser,  aged  17  years  i.  Christina      Bachman,      aged     20 

2.  Henrich  Hupper,  aged  15  years  years 

3.  Petrus  Cock,  aged  15  years  2.  Anna   Maria   Derr,  aged  15  years 

3.  Anna   Marg.   Derr,  aged  14  years 

4.  Cath.  Mumbauer,  aged   13  years 

5.  Elisabeth  Gronert,  aged   17  years 

In  the  year  1771,  March  29th,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Joh.  Hupper,  aged   16  years  i.  Anna    Maria    Hupper,    aged    14 

2.  Peter  Frickel  years 

2.  Anna  Hupper,  aged   15  years 

3.  Christina  Heger,  aged  15  years 

4.  Barbara  Spinner,  aged  15  years 

5.  Cath.  Ott,  aged  15  years 

6.  Anna  Mar.  Grob,  aged  14  years 

7.  Elis.  Hell.  Linn,  aged   14  years 

8.  Sara  Faust,  aged  14  years 

9.  Elis.  Neukomer,  aged  15  years 

In  the  year  1772,  April  17th,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Joh.  Wilh.  Rieser,  aged  15  years       i.  Elis.  Berger,  aged  15  years 

2.  Michael   Eberhard,aged    16  years       2.  Anna   Maria   Ditio,  aged  15  years 

3.  Philip  Eberhard,  aged   15  years 

4.  Peter  Bleiler,  aged  15  years 

5.  Jonas  Wetzel,  aged   15  years 

In  the  year  1773,  April  29,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Joh.  Huper,  aged  14  years  i.  Christina  Doerr,  aged  15  years 

2.  Georg  Mohr,  aged   15  years  2.  Marg.  Dits,  aged   14  years 

3.  Joh.  Peter  Huper,  aged  15  years  3.  Anna    Maria    Schmid,    aged    17 

4.  Christian  Huper,  aged  17  years  years 

5.  David   Spinner,   aged   15  years  4.  Anna     Mar.     Bleiler,     aged     15 

6.  Henr.  Mumbauer,  aged  14  years  years 

7.  Joh.  Wetzel,  aged  14  years 

In  the  year  1774,  April  ist,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Cath.  Grob,  aged   15  years 

2.  Susanna  Faust,  aged  14  years 


474  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppcn 

In  the  year  1775,  April  14th,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Henr.  Ott,  aged  17  years  i.  Anna   Marg.   Eberhart,    aged    15 

2.  Phil.  Ileger,  aged  16  years  years 

2.  Cath.  Rauber,  aged  15  years 

3.  Marg.  Ott,  aged  14  years 

4.  Elis.  Still,  aged  15  years 

5.  Marg.  Heger,  aged  14  years 

In  the  year  1776,  April   13,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Georg  Eckel,  aged   15  years  i.  Barbara  Ecklin,  aged  14  years 

2.  Georg  Doerr,  aged  17  years  2.  Elis.  Doerr,  aged  15  years 

3.  Christian      Willauer,      aged      15 

years 

4.  Joh.  Huper,  aged  15  years 

5.  Wilh.  Mueller,  aged  16  years 

In  the  year  1777,  April  12th,  were  confirmed: 

1.  John  Eberhart,  aged  16  years  i.  Hanna  Hornecker,  aged  24  years 

2.  Heinr.  Grob,  aged  15  years  2.  Anna  Huper,  aged  15  years 

In  the  year  1779,  April  2nd,  were  confirmed: 

1.  Henr.  Stetler,  aged  16  years  1.  Marg.  Stob,  aged  18  years 

2.  Joh.   Rauber,   aged    16  years 

3.  Joh.  Kehler,  aged   17  years 

4.  Abr.  Kehler,  aged   15  years 

5.  Joh.  Georg  Ott,  aged  16  years 

6.  Joh.    Georg    Eberhart,    aged    15 

years 

7.  Henr.   Eberhart,   aged    15   years 

8.  Jacob  Engelman,  aged  15  years 

1782. 

May  26th,  the  following  were  admitted  to  the  Holy  Communion  by  mc, 
Friedrich  Delliker: 
Philip   Biding  Anna   Maria,  his  sister 

May  24,  1783. 

Cieorg  Felix  Linn  Heinr.  Bleuler 

Jacob  Meixel  Peter  Delp 

Conrad  Eberhard  Adam    Brauchler 

Henr.  Georg  Mumbaiier  Johannes  Samsel 


Great  Sivamp — Catechumens 


475 


Henr.   Nikel   Samsel 
Matheis  Welter 
Jacob  Rothenburger 
Christian  Heger 
Catharina   Spinn 
Janette  Samsel 
Elisabeth   Funk 
Anna   Marg.   Hillegas 
Anna  Christina  Eberhard 


Anna  Margaret  Hillegas 
Catharina  Hachenburger 
Catharina  Samsel 
Elisabeth  Meixel 
Margreth  Doerr 
Anna   Maria   Koppenberger 
Elisabeth  Heger 
Maria  Servin 
Eva  Servin 


On  June  12,  1784,  the  following  persons  were  admitted  to  the  Holy  Com- 
munion by  me,  Fridrich  Wilhelm  Von  der  Sloot: 


Johann  Willauer,  aged  17  years 
David  Ditlow,  aged  15  years 


Elisabeth      Hachenberg,      aged      17 


years 


Children   who  were   confirmed   by   me,   Joh.  Theob.Faber,   on   April    12, 
1788: 


1.  Ludwig  Bitting,   aged   17  years 

2.  Jacob  Kehler,  aged  15  years 

3.  Nicol.  Stehler,  aged  16  years 

4.  Michael  Wolder,   aged   15  years 

5.  David  Seller,  aged  18  years 

6.  Joh.  Romich,   aged   19  years 

7.  Peter  Romich,   aged   17  years 

8.  Jacob  Seller,  aged  15  years 

9.  Phil.  Dorwart,  aged   r6  years 


1.  Cath.  Mack,  aged  16  years 

2.  Anna    Maria    Horner,    aged 

years 

3.  Anna  Maria  Ox,  aged  15  years 

4.  Cath.  Romich,  aged  14  years 


IS 


Children  who  were  admitted  to  the  Holy  Communion  on  Pentecost,  1790, 
in  the  Great  Swamp  congregation: 

Johannes  Biding,  aged  18  years,  son  of  Henrich  Biding. 
Georg  Neukomer,  aged  18  years,  son  of  Johannes  Neukomer. 
Jacob  Daudy,  aged  20  years,  son  of  the  late  Wilh.  Daudy. 
Anna  Marg.  Biding,  aged  15  years,  daughter  of  Henr.  Biding. 
Elisabeth  Horner,  aged  15  years,  daughter  of  Georg  Horner. 
Catharine  Hillegas,  aged  15  years,  daughter  of  Johannes  Hillegas. 
Eva  Willauer,  aged  16  years,  daughter  of  Adam  Willauer. 
Elisabeth  Fretz,  aged  i8  years,  daughter  of  Henrich  Fretz. 
Elisabeth  Ditlo,  aged  16  years,  daughter  of  Abraham  Ditlo. 
Barbara  Dorwart,  aged  16  years,  daughter  of  Jacob  Dorwarth. 
Magdalena  Diel,  aged  i8  years,  daughter  of  Fridrich  Diel. 


47^  Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 

The  children  who  were  confirmed  by  me,  John  Faber,  in  the  year  1792, 
on  Pentecost: 

Anna  Bleiler,  aged  17  years 
Elisabeth  VVillauer,  aged  15  years 

Children  who  were  confirmed  on  March  29,  1793: 

Leonhard  Gebhard,  aged  19  years 
Christian  Dor  ward,  aged  17  years 

Children  of  this  congregation   who  were  confirmed  <5n  Easter,   1794,   in 
New  Goshenhoppen  by  me,  John  Faber: 

Lazarus  Bleiler,  aged  17  years  Elisabetha     Mumbauer,     aged     17 
John  Mumbauer,  aged  18  years  years 

John  Eberhart,  aged  15  years  Anna  Maria  Dubs,  aged  15  years 

Daniel  Eberhart,  aged   16  years  Barbara   Berto,   aged    17   years 

Jacob  Dups,  aged  15  years  Eva  Hillegas,  aged  17  years 
George  Herner,  aged  16  years 

The   children   who  were   confirmed   on   Easter,   1795,   from   this  congre- 
gation by  me,  John  Faber: 

Michael  Derr,  aged  17  years  Catharina  Hillegas,  aged  16  years 

Jacob  Derr,  aged  15  years  Madlena  Willauer,  aged  15  years 

Henrich  Ott,  aged  16  years  Catharina  Huber,  aged  17  years 

John  Ott,  aged  15  years  Barbara  Huber,  aged  18  years 

John  Ott  ,aged  17  years 
Andreas  Bitting,  aged  16  years 
Daniel  Dorwart,  aged  16  years 

1790. 

On   January   24,   1790,   the   following  elders   and   deacons,   after   having 
been   elected  for  three  years  were  installed  into  their  offices: 

David  Spinner  Philip  Eberhard 

John  Huber  Jacob  Schmid 

Elders  and   deacons  who  were  installed  by  me,   Friederich  Delliker,   in 
the  congregation  of  Great  Swamp,  on  May  12,  1782: 

Elders:  Deacons: 

Johannes  Doerr  Daniel  Dubs 

Joseph  Eberhard  Christoph  Ott    j^ 


Grea t  Swa  m  p — Co  m  m u n ica n ts 


A77 


[Communicant 

Names  of  those  who 
and  on  the  17th  [1814] 

1.  Daniel  Eberhard 

2.  Georg  SchoU 

3.  Henrich,  son 

4.  Cathar.,  daughter 

5.  Michel  Ott 

6.  Johann  Huber 

7.  Christian  Doll 

8.  Christian,  son 

9.  Nicolaus  Ley 

10.  Daniel  Dubs 

11.  Elisabeth,  wife 

12.  Adam  Rotenburger 

13.  Jacob  Dubs 

14.  Adam  Eberhard 

15.  Johann  Oel 

16.  David  Huber 

17.  Elisabeth  Furer  (?) 

18.  Johann  Handschuh 

19.  Magdal.,   wife 

20.  Michel   Scholl 

21.  Maria,  wife 

22.  Jacob   Schwenk 

23.  Magdalena,  wife 


Lists  of  Rev.  Fr.  Wm.  Von  der  Sloot.] 

on   March    i6th   went   to   the   preparatory   service 
to  the  communion: 

24.  Wilhelm  Mumbauer 

25.  Ester  Mumbauer 

26.  Jacob   Frener 

27.  David  Spinner 

28.  John  Rudolph 

29.  George  Rudolph 

30.  David  Mumbauer 

31.  Jacob  Mumbauer 

32.  Michel  Brauchler 

33.  Elisabeth  Roteburger 

34.  Anna  Maria  Dillinger 

35.  Elisabeth  Berthold 

36.  Eva  Horlacher 

37.  Cathar.  Spinner 

38.  Adam  Dorwarth 

39.  Margaret   Schafer 

40.  Susanna  Eberhard 

41.  Magdal.  Brauchler 

42.  Margar.  Rieser 

43.  Sophia  Levi 

44.  Ego,  Von  der  Sloot 

45.  Maria  Rieser 


Names  of  the  catechumens: 

1.  Heinrich  Gerber,  aged  23  years 

2.  Valentin  Huber,   aged  22  years 

3.  Mattheas     Rummel,     aged     25 

years 

4.  Philip   Wannemacher,    aged    18 

years 

5.  Michel  Frei,  aged  19  years 

6.  Michel  Staut,  aged  19  years 

7.  Samuel      Geisinger,      aged      19 

years 

8.  Andreas  Fink,  aged  17  years 

9.  Heinrich     Hirsch,     aged     15^ 

years 

32 


5.  Margareta    Wannemacher,  aged 

15  years 

6.  Katharina  Staut,   aged  16  years 

7.  Elisabeth  Barret,  aged   15  years 

8.  Sus.  Bauman,  aged  15  years 

9.  Kathar.  Geier,  aged  16  years 

10.  Salome  Levi,  aged  15  jears 

11.  Lydia  Kerr,  aged  16  years 

12.  Anna  Geri,  aged  16  years 

13.  Margaretha  Christman,  aged  15 

years 

14.  Susanna     Brauchler,     aged     16 

years 


478 


Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 


10.  Daniel  Salade,  aged  17  years 

11.  George  Ilerzel,  aged  15  years 

12.  Jacob   Ilillegas,  aged  15^   years 

13.  Karl  Gery,  aged  16  years 

14.  John  Ruckstuhl,  aged  16  years 

15.  John  Barret,  aged  18  years 

16.  Alex.  Mumbauer,  aged  16  years 

17.  Jacob  Rudolf,  aged  17  years 

18.  Henrich  Stabler,  aged   17  years 

19.  Georg  Neiss,   aged   17  years 

20.  Joseph  Kolb,  aged   17  years 

1.  Elis.  Traxel,  aged  i6  years 

2.  Elis.  Lutz,  aged  17  years 

3.  Elis.  Gotz,  aged  17^  years 

4.  Christian    Wannemacher,    aged 

years 


15.  Christian     Bauman,      aged      16 

years 

16.  Catharina     Geier,     aged      17^^ 

years 

17.  Elis.  Wiegner,  aged   15  \ears 

18.  Elisab.   Salledi,   aged   15   years 

19.  Kathar.  Schuler,  aged   16  years 

Married  Women: 

1.  Margareta    Eberhard,    aged    27 

years 

2.  Elisabeth   Hunsberger,    aged   22 

years 

3.  Elisabeth     Hummel,     aged     25 

years 

4.  Catharina  Huber,  aged  23   years 
Total  43 


[This  first  list  is  followed  by  other  lists,  on  September  10,  1814,  April 
29,  1815,  October  14,  1815,  April  21,  1816,  November  17,  1816,  April  13, 
1817,  October  19,  1817,  April  26,  1818,  October  11,  1818.] 

Names  of  those  who  on  April  13,  1818,  were  admitted  to  the  Lord's 
Supper: 


1.  Jacob  Schwenk 

2.  Magdalena,  wife 

3.  George  Diez 

4.  Elisabeth,  wife 

5.  Valentin  Huber 

6.  Adam  Levi 

7.  John   Ried 

8.  Hanna,  wife 

9.  Adam  Roteburger 

10.  Daniel  Dubs 

11.  Michel  Breuchler 

12.  Michel,  his  son 

13.  Susanna,  his  daughter 

14.  David  Spinner 

15.  Katharina,  wife 

16.  Henrich  Dubs 

17.  Philip  Dorwarth 

18.  Henrich  Dorr 

19.  Elisabeth,  wife 


20.  Michel  Rudolph 

21.  George  Ott 

22.  Samuel  Derr 

23.  Jacob  Derr 

24.  Ludwig  Rudolph 

25.  Abrah.  Mumbauer 

26.  George   Schmeier 

27.  Elisabeth  Schmeier 

28.  Henrich   Mumbauer 

29.  Georg  Rudolph 

30.  John  Derr 

31.  Daniel  Derr 

32.  Samuel   Dietz 

33.  Jacob  Rudolph 

34.  George  Mumbauer 

35.  David   Derr 

36.  Samuel  Dorwarth 

37.  Jacob  Schmeier 

38.  Eva   Horlacher 


Great  Swamp — Communicants 


479 


39.  Eva  Levi 

40.  Kathar.  Spinner 

41.  Margareta  Derr 

42.  Elisabeth  Roteburger 

43.  Hanna   Erdmann 

44.  Kathar.  Funk 

45.  Kathar.  Schiitz 

46.  Elisab.  Oel 

47.  Anna  Sax 

48.  Sophia  Levi 

49.  Maria   ( ?)   Rieser 

50.  Elisabeth  Huber 

51.  Margaretha  Rieser 

52.  Maria  Derr 


53.  Maria  Derr 

54.  Esther  Stah! 

55.  Hanna  Rotheburger 

56.  Susanna  Widemer 

57.  Kathar.  Schwenk 

58.  Elisabeth  Espich 

59.  Margaretha   Schuster 

60.  Maria  Brauchler 

61.  Maria  Huber 

62.  Elisab.  Wiener 

63.  Ego  [Von  der  Sloot] 

64.  Anna  Dorvvarth 

65.  Elisab.  Dubs 


Names  of  the  catechumens: 

1.  John  Schwenk,  aged  15I2  years 

2.  Henrich  Diirr,  aged  17  years 

3.  David  Dorwarth,  aged  17  years 

4.  Abr.  Leidi,  aged  i8  years 

5.  John  Mumbauer,  aged  17  years 

6.  George  Huber,  aged  165/2  years 

7.  Dan.     Knolety     (?),     aged     15 

years 

8.  John  Schmeier,  aged  20  years 

9.  Jacob  Kroh,  aged  17  years 

10.  Joseph  Geri,  aged  16  years 

11.  John  Scott,  aged  19  years 

12.  John     Rautenbusch,      aged      17 

years 

13.  Henrich     Brauchler,     aged      17 

years 

14.  George     Mumbauer,     aged     17 

years 

15.  Karl  Rachon  (?),aged  21  years 

16.  John  Ritz,  aged  18  years 

17.  John  Huber,  aged  17  years 


18 


19 


Jonathan     Dorwarth,     aged     15 

years 
George  Mack,  aged  27  years 
Kathar.     Dorwarth,     aged      16 

years 
Sally  Grenn,  aged  i6  years 
Kathar.  Sell,  a?ed  17  years 
Magdal.  Sell,  aged  15  years 
Hanna  Maurer,  aged   17  years 
Barbara  Kolb,  aged   iSy2  years 
Kath.  Schijtz,  aged  16  years 
Sophia  Traxel,  aged  16  jears 
Marg.  Faster,  aged  18  years 

Mar.  Rautenbusch,  aged  

Maria  Neiss,  aged   17  years 
Kathar.     Brauchler,     aged      17 

3'ears 
Susan.  Dorwarth,  aged  16  years 
Magd.  Ditlo,  aged  16  years 
Kathar.  Ott,  aged  21  years 


INDEX. 


ABBOTSTOWN,  265 

Aberli,  Hans  Rudolf,  107 

Ache,  A.  M.,  227 

Acrelius,  History  of  New  Siueden, 
89 

Albert,  Michel,  81 

Albrecht,  Joseph,  25,  26 

Alexandria,  N.  J.,  232 

Allemaengel,  138 

Allen,  Andrew,  Esq.,   189-191 

Allen,  Wm.,  31 

Allentown,  240 

Alsentz,  Rev.  John  George,  216,  217 

Amen,  Valentin  Hans,  58 

American  Ancestry,  115 

American  JP'eekly  Mercury,  44,  115 

Amman,  Hans  Ulrich,  106 

Amsterdam  Classis,  7,  19,38,39,41, 
43.  50,  56,  57,  58,  61,  74,  75,  8s, 
119,  120,  122,  125,   126,  128,   135, 

137.  148.  196 
Amwell,  N.  J.,  232 
Andreae,  Rev.  J.  C,  145,  163 
Andrews,  Rev.  Jedidiah,  36,  37,  77, 

90,  no.  III,  112 
Anspacher,  Hans  J.,  24,  26 
Arnd,  Bernhard,  144 
Arndt,  Jacob,  183 
Arndt,  Johan   Jacob,   58 
Arner,  Hans  Ulrich,   107 
Aweeg,  Gertrude,  9 
Aweeg,  Jan,  9 

BACH,  Henrich,   172 
Bach,  Nickel,  172 
Baerents,  Anna,  9 
Baltimore,  Md.,  234,  246,  256 


Bartells,  Henry,  10 

Bartels,  Sebastian,  9,  10 

Barth,  Johannes,  24,  26 

Bartholomie,  Rev.  D.,  195 

Baumann,  Hans  Jerg,  58 

Bausel,  Jacob,  24,  26 

Bechtold,  Rev.,  83,  84  , 

Becker,  Rev.  Christian  L.,  256 

Beissel,  Conrad,  89,  95 

Bensalem,  8 

Berger,  Rev.  F.  J.,  83 

Berigt,  28,  65,  66,  67,  68,  122 

Berlin,  265 

Bermudian,  265 

Berne,  117,  119,  154 

Best,  Georg,  127 

Bertschinger,  Jacob,  ip7 

Beyer,  Abraham,  164 

Bingemann,  John,  117 

Biographisch  Wordenboek,  29 

Bischof,  Mattheis,   172 

Bitting,  Ludwig,  172 

Blatt,  Johann  Georg,  173 

Bleiler,  Henrich,  173 

Bleiler,  Peter,  173 

Bleyler,  Johannes,  172 

Bloemers,  Mary,  9 

Blum,  Frantz,  127 

Blumer,  Rev.  A.,  240,  250 

Bock,  Leonhard,  14 

Boehm,  Rev.  Chas.  L.,  219 

Boehm,  John  Philip,  12,  19,  30,  31, 
3  5,  36,  39,  40.  50,  51,  57,  60,  62, 
64,  66,  68,  74,  80,  83,  84,  87,  88, 
90,  94,  114,  116,  120,  125,  135, 
137,  138,  160,  161 

Boehm's  Life  and  Letters,  8,  10,  13, 


481 


482 


Church  Records   of  Goshenhoppen 


19,  3i>  35.  36,  39.  40.  50.  60,  66, 
69.  71.  74.  76,  82,  85,  96,  116,  121, 
125,  126,  127,  128,  129,  135,  137, 
140,   195 

Boehm,    JVarnunssbrief,  90 

Bohn,  Peter,  6,  9,  10 

Boltzius,  Rev.  John  Martin,  86 

Bon,  Margaret,  9 

Borger,  Peter,  58 

Bossart,  Baltasar,  106 

Bottle,  Michel,  24,  26 

Bower,  George,  205 

Bowman,  Hans  Georg,  24,  35 

Bradford,  Andrew,  42,  44 

Brauchler,  Dewalt,   172,  173 

Braun,  Michel,  172 

Broenck,  Anna,  158 

Brownback's  Church,  155,  195 

Brunner,  Heinrich,  106 

Brunner,  Philip,   172 

Bucher,  Jacob,  106 

Buck,  Hist,  of  Montg.  Co.,  115 

Bucks  Co.  Hist.  Soc,  Papers,  10, 
56,  132,  148 

Biidingische  Sammlung,  31 

Burnetsfield,  N,  Y.,  43,  158 

CARLISLE,  258 
Catskill,  N.  Y.,  32,  69,  158 
Chambers,  Early  Germans,  232 
Charity  schools,   169,  170 
Christian  Intelligencer,  20 
Circular  Schreiben,  166,  167 
Classical  Archives,  Amsterdam,   56, 

64,    69,    III,    121,    126,    128,    129, 

137.  194 
Cocalico,  82,  84,   155,   169 
Coleman,  John,  175 
Colonial  Records  of  Pa.,  22,  26,  165 
Conestoga,   35,  40,   79,    81,   84,   88, 

119,   161 
Congressional  Library,  41 


Corwin,    Manual,    19,    32,    66,    96, 

130,  136,  147,  156 
Coventry,  155,  195 
Cremmer,    Hans   Jorg,   see   Kramer 
Crob,  Henrich,   173 
Cuntz,  Johan  Jacob,  24,  26 

DECHANT,  Rev.  Jacob  Wm.,  270 

Decker,  John  Henry,  83 

Deer,  John  Martin,  15 

Delliker,    Rev.    Frederick,    230-234, 

237,  250 
Delliker,  Mrs.  Maria,  234 
De  Long's  Ch.,  200 
Demme,  Rev.  Karl  R.,  262 
Dentzler,  Jacob,  106 
Dewees,  Cornelius,  9,   10 
Dewees,  G.  H.,  10 
Dewees,  Wm.,  9,  10,  12 
Diel,  Hans  Jacob,  73 
Diel,  Hans  Michel,  24,  26,  34 
Dilbeck,  Isaac,  9,  10,  13 
Dilbeck,  Jacob,  9,  10 
Diemer,  Dr.  John  J.,  44,  52,  55,  70, 

78 
Ditlo,  Abraham,  172,  173 
Dodder,  George  Philip,  55,  59 
Dorsius,  Peter  H.,  93,  121,  127,  128, 

129,  131-148 
Dotterer,  Hist.  Notes,  7,  9,  13,  35,  59, 

60,  96,  97,  194,  196 
Dotterer,   Perkiomen   Region,    5,    6, 

7,  94 
Dotterer,  Rev.  J.  P.  Boehm,  31 
Drelsbach,  Simon,   197 
Dryland,  226 
Dubbs,  Manual,  71 
Dubbs,  Ref.  Ch.  in  Pa.,  19,  71,  72, 

91,  96,  166,  234,  243 
Dubs,  Jacob,  172,  269 
Diibendorfer,  Alexander,  24,  27,  35, 

172 
Diibendorfer,  Heinrich,  io6 


Inde.y 


483 


Diibendorfer,  Jacob,  106 
Diibendorfer,  Kilian,  106 
Dunkcrs,   Seventh   Day,   85,   87,   88, 

91-  93 
Dutch  Reformed,  8,  38,  50,  56,  130 

EASTERN  Salisbury,  210 
Easton,  225 
Ebenezer,  Ch.,  200 
Eberhardt,  Barbara,  106 
Eberhard,  Joseph,   172,  212 
Eberhart,  Michel,   14,   113,  212 
Eberhardt,  Philip,  253 
Eccl.  Records  of  N.  Y.,  7,  39,  43,  49, 

50,  112,  136,  148 
Eckmann,  Johannes,  24,  26 
Egg,  Rudolf,  106 
Egypt,   H7,  "8,  119,  254 
Elizabethtown,  258 
Emmert,  John  Philip,  14 
Endross,  Mr.,  172 
Enschockhoppa,  6,  17 
Ephrata    Chronicle,   20,    78,   84,    88, 

89.  93 
Erb,  Caspar,  172 
Euchelen,  Hans  Adam,  14 
Everhart,  Adam,  269 
Everhart,  Joseph,  113 

FABER,  John  Theobald,  Jr.,   249- 

255.  257,  267-271 
Faber,  John  Theobald,  Sr.,  215-223, 

237,  238-240,  241,  242 
Faber,   Mrs.  Barbara,  216,  246 
Fabion,  George  Michel,  15 
Falkner   Swamp,    5,    7,    12,    38,    39, 

142,  194,  195,  231,  234,  242.  245, 

246 
Faust,  Abraham,  172 
Faust,  Nicholas,  173 
Ferer,  Jost,  58 
Fetter,  Richard,  48 
Fidler,  Gottfried,  91 


Forks  of  Delaware,  120 

Foxhill,  N.  J.,  230,  232,  233 

Frelinghausen,   Rev.   Mr.,    128,   129 

Fresenius,  Nachricliten,  91 

Frey,  Jacob,  106 

Frey,  Tobias,  24,  26 

Frick,  Rudi,  172,  173 

Friedrich,  Mr.,  156 

Frohlich,  Hans  Michael,  48,  55 

Fry,  Lutli  Ch.  in  Reading,  91 

GABEL,  Philip,  144 
Gabel,  Rightijers,  9 
Gallman,  Henry,   117 
Gallman,  Johannes,  176 
Gauckler,  Kilian,  15 
G€iger,  Johannes,  15 
Gerlach,  Balsar,  144 
Germantown,  8,   30,  32,  39,  74,  78, 

116,  261 
German  Valley,  N.  J.,  230,  232,  233 
Gernan,  Jerg,  58 
Gery,  John,  269 
Geweiler,  Conrad,  loi,  io6 
Gobrecht,    Rev.    John    Christopher, 

83,  220 
Goetschy  family,  96 
Goetschy,  John   Henry,   13,   96-130, 

131 
Goetschy,    Rev.    Maurice,    97,    loi, 

102,   104,   133 
Gohr,  Johannes,  8r 
Good,   History,    19,   38,   66,   71,   96, 

147,  156,  157,  196,  229,  257 
Good,  Prof.  James  I.,  11,  28,  67 
Gordon,  Gazetteer,  94 
Gordon,  Patrick,  Governor,   ii,  22 
Goshenhoppen,  19 

first  occurrence,  5 

forms  of  name,  6 

location,  5 

legend,   16-18 
Gotz,  Johannes,  207 


484 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Graff,  Sebastian,  24,  26 

Great  Swamp,  86,  87,  94,  113,  117, 
126,  139,  161,  171,  193,  208,  211, 
212-214,  218,  226,  227,  232,  233, 
236,  237,  246,  251,  252,  258,  261, 
269,  270 

Greber,  Ulrich,  207 

Greenwich,  226 

Griesemer,  Valentine,  14,  73,  172 

Gross,  Rev.  Daniel,  249 

Gucker,  John  B.,  14 

Guldin,  Samuel,  40 

Guntz,  Caspar,  107 

Guth,  Felix,  58 

HABERACKER,  Johannes,  24,  27 

Hack,  Andreas,  59 

Hague  Archives,  44,  52,  62,  78,  79, 

80,  135,  153,  161,  166,  167 
Hain's  Ch.,  155 
Hallesche  N  acinic  lit  en,  28,   31,   91, 

210 
Halsbrun,  Andreas,  8r 
Hamilton,  Andrew,  31 
Hamman,  Thomas,  14,  73 
Hanf,  Jacob,  58 
Harbaugh,  Fathers,  19,  71,  96,  147, 

194,  196,  229,  231,  266 
Harbaugh,    Life    of   Schlatter,    152, 

159.  194 
Harbaugh  Manuscripts,   11 
Harrisburg,  State  Library,  23 
Hartman,  Joh.  Henrich,  25.  27 
Hartman,  Lorentz,  14 
Hartwick,  N.  J.,  233 
Hauck,  Jacob,  207 
Hautz,  Rev.  Anthony,  83 
Hazard's  Register,  37,  38,  77,  92 
Hebron  Diary,  151,  155,  156 
Heger,  Philip,  172 
Heid,  Johannes,  106 
Heidschuh,   Hans  Ph.,   58 
Heidelberg,  Lehigh  Co.,  199,  228 


Heidelberg    Universit>-,    20,   44,    71, 

215,  224 
Heisler,  Fathers,  258 
Helffenstein,  Rev.  Albert,  256-258 
Helffenstein,  Rev.  J.  C,  221 
Helffrich,   Rev.  John   H.,   228,   250, 

257,  261 
Helffrich,  Geschichte,  198,  199,  200, 

202,  209 
Heller,  Rudolf,  81 
Heller's  Ch.,  82,  84 
Hclwig,  Friedrich,  149,  155,  199 
Hemsing,  Henrich,  221,  252 
Hendel,   Rev.   Wm.,   219,   250,   253, 

260 
Hendricks,  Arent,  9 
Hendricks,  Mary,  9 
Henkel,  Rev.  Anthony,  85 
Herr,  Willem,  24,  26 
Hersch,  Ludwig,  174 
Hertzel,  Heinrich,  202 
Hertzel,  Ulrich,  14,  221 
Hertzel,  Hans  Georg,  24,  27 
Herzel,  Hans  Lonhart,  14 
Hess,  John  Peter,  14 
Heuver,  Henrich,  58 
Hiester,  Daniel,  161,  217 
Hilligass,  Adam,  14,  175,  221,  269 
Hilligass,    George    Peter,    55,    1S3, 

207 
Hilligass,  John,  269 
Hilligass,  John  F.,  14,  24,  26,  35 
Hilligass,  Michael,  55 
Hilltown,  270 
Hiltebeutel,  Martin,  58 
Hitz,  Henrich,  172,  173 
Hochgenug,  Lenhart,  14,  73 
Hochreutner,  Rev.  John  J.,  195 
Hock,  John  Jacob,  81,  83 
Hoffman,  Burckhard,  14 
Hoffman,  Henry,  205 
Hoffman,  Johan,  149 
Hoffmeier,  Rev.  John  PL,  257,  261 


Index. 


485 


Holland  Donations,  169 

Hollebusch,  Peter,  252 

Holtzhauser,  Caspar,  14,  126 

Holsbacher,  Andreas,  24,  26 

Holtzschwam,  265,  266 

Hornberger,  Michel,  172 

Hottinger,  Mr.,  52 

Hotz,  Rudolf,'  106 

Huber,  Heinrich,  106,   172,  173 

Huber,  Jacob,  174 

Huber,  Johannes,  172 

Huber,  John,  161 

Huber,  Rudi,  172,  173 

Huber,  Valentin,   173 

Hug,  Heinrich,  106 

Huth,  Johannes,  14,  24,  26,  35 

Huth,  John,  161 

IN  DE  HAVEN  (ImHoffe),  Evert, 

10 
In  de  Haven,  Herman,  10 
In  de  Haven,  Gerhart,   10,   12,   55, 

58,  70 
In  de  Haven,  Peter,  10 
Indian    Creek,    197,   206,    227,    228, 

237,  238,  239,  247,  254 
Indian  Field,  see  Indian  Creek 
Indians,  5,  40,  41,  43,  211 
Ingold,  Mrs.  Catherine  B.,  228 
Ingold,  Rev.  John  W.,  224-228 

JACOBS  Church,  Lehigh  Co.,   199 

Jaeger,  John  H.,  119 

Janssen,  Catalogus,  44 

Jordan,  254 

Jost,  Jacob,  24,  26 

Journal  of  Presb.  Hist.  Sor.,  6,  7,  8, 
12,  13,  19,  35,  36,  40,  50,  74.  76, 
85,  149,  150,  151,  159,  160,  162 

Jung,  Daniel,  241,  252,  254,  261 

Jung,  Dewalt,  55,  58 

Jung,  Johannes,  253 

Jung,  John  Henrich,  14 


KEIBER    (Keupper),   Wcndel,    55, 

58 
Keipper,  Carl  Ludwig,  59 
Kelker,  Luther  R.,  23,  26 
Keller,  Conrad,  107 
Keller,  Jacob,  113,  146,   147 
Keller's  Church,  83 
Kern,  Verena,  106 
Keyser,  Hist,  of  Germanto^^;n,  10 
Kidenweiler,  see  Kittweiler 
Kittweiler,  Rev.  Rudolph,  208-211 
Klopp,  Hist,  of  Tabor  Ch.,  157 
Knecht,  George  Peter,  14 
Knibbe,  Rev.  David,  56,  131 
Kohler,  Michel,  171,  173 
Kreither,  Abraham,  172 
Kremer,  Hans  Georg,  25,  26,  34 
Kreutz  Creek,  138 
Kubler,  Hans,  107 

LANCASTER,  82,  84,  163, 195,  219, 
221,  238 

Lancaster  Co.  Hist.  Soc.,  Proceed- 
ings, 82 

Lange,  Rev.  Carolus,  216 

Lebanon  Ref.  Church,  155,  157 

Lebo,  Johannes,  58 

Lecolie,  Pieter,  55,  70 

Lefeber,  Johannes,  58 

Lehigh  Co.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings, 
210 

Lehman,   Christian,  73,   144,   147 

Leib,  Johannes,  25,  27 

Leibecker,  Caspar,  89 

Leidy,  Jacob,  59 

Lein,  Gorg,  172 

Leman,  Johannes,  58 

Leydich,  Rev.  John  Philip,  166,  193, 
194-196 

Liebenstein,  Hans  Martin,  24,  27 

Lienhardt,  Ludwig,  107 

Lischy,  Rev.  Jacob,  82,  138,  141, 
166,  168 


486 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Lohr,  Andreas,  14 

Longswamp,  155,  199,  202,  210 

Loscher,  83 

Loscher,  Nicklas,  58 

Lovvhill,  202 

Luckenbach,  John  Adam,  138 

Lutherans,  15,  28,  31,  38,  68,  82,  85, 

86,  90,  91,  113,  115,  142,  143,  162, 

170,  200,  211 

MABRY,  Thomas,  207 

Macungie,  94 

Masius,  132 

Matern,  Peter,  14 

Maurer,  Hans  Adam,  58,  146,  147 

Maxatawny,  94,  117,  200,  228 

Mayer,  Jacob,  25,  27 

Mayer,  John,  6 

Meels,  Catrina,  9 

Meels,  Hans  Hendricks,  8,  10 

Meier,  Jacob,  174 

Mengel,  John  Adam,  149 

Mennonites,  38,  68,  iii,  115,   119 

Mercersburg  Revieiv,  7,  39 

Merck,  Heinrich,  107 

Mertz,  Georg,  14 

Mettler,  Jacob,  106 

Mey,  Simon,  73 

Meyer,  Conrad,  106 

Meyer,  Elias,  24,  27 

Meyer,  Hans,  106 

Meyer,  Hen  rich,  24,  27 

Meyer,  Jacob,  14,  107 

Michael,  Mrs.  Sara,  203,  204 

Michael,    Rev.    Philip    Jacob,    194, 

197-205,  210 
Michael's  Church,  202 
Mill,  Hans  Martin,  26 
Miller,   Daniel,  Ref.   Ch.  in  Read- 

'"S>  9i>  200,  229 
Miller,      Frederick      Casimir,      see 

Mueller 
Miller,  Hans  Adam,  26 


Miller  (Mueller),  Rev.  John  Peter, 
20,  71-95 

Miller,  Michel,  91 

Minisink,  138 

Minutes  of  Coetus  of  Pa.,  12,  30, 
129,  131,  140,  154,  170,  171,  193, 
197,  200,  201,  217,  219,  220,  222, 

225,  234,  237,  238,  239,  250 
Minutes  of  Presb.  of  P/iila.,  112 
Minutes  of  Synod,  257,  260,  261 
Moll,  Christopher,  14 

Moll,  Johann    Michel,    14 
Moll,  Johan  Peter,  14  48 
Moll,  Michael,  207 
Montandon,  David,  48,  58 
Montbauer,  Nicholas,  161,  172,  173. 

174 
Moor,  Gideon,  176,  182 
Moravians,  85,  90,  138,  141,  156 
Moselem,  117 
Muddy  Creek,  82,  155 
Muehlenberg,  28,  31 
Muehlenberg,    Selbstbiograpliie,    31, 

86 
Mueller,     Frederick     Casimir,     83, 

149-1571   159,  160,   168 
Mueller,  Hans,  107 
Mueller,  Jacob,  107 
Mumbauer,  Philip,  253 

NAFF,  Conrad,  loi,  107 

Naff,  Jacob,  107 

Neshaminj',  8,  56,  131,  132,  147 

Neuschwanger,  Christian,  6 

New  Born,  40,  41 

New  Brunswick  Archives,  56,  132, 
136 

New  Goshenhoppen,  7,  13,  19,  39, 
87,  94,  no,  114,  116,  117,  126, 
138,  139,  142,  143.  149,  150,  i5». 
152,  154,  159,  160,  161,  165,  193, 
197,  206,  208,  217,  218,  220,  221, 

226,  228,  232,  233,  236,  237,  238, 


Index. 


487 


241,  246,  249,  250,  251,  257,  261, 
269,  270 

New  Holland,  255 

Newton,  N.  J.,  233 

Nolton,  N.  J.,  233 

Norristo-zvn  Register,  165 

North  Holland  Synod,  49,  50,  52,  60 

Northampton,  254 

Notzli,  Caspar,  106 

Nussbach,  Michel,  172 

OHL,  Andreas,  207 

Ohlwein,  John  Jost,  15 

Old  Goshenhoppen,  7,  15,  19,  85, 
no,  113,  126,  142,  143,  144  (Cor- 
nerstone), 145,  149,  159,  160,  161, 
162,  162,  193,  197,  207,  208,  217, 
221,  224,  226,  227,  232,  233,  236, 
237,  241,  246,  247,  250,  251,  252, 
261,  269,  270 

Oley,  40,  41,  116,  129,  150 

Op  de  Graef,  Jacob,  9 

Organ,  Church,  200 

Ott,  Hans,  106 

Ott,  Henry,  269 

Otterbein,  Rev.  Wm.,  193 

Oxford,  265 

PALATINATE,  Consistory,  29,  31, 
32,  34.  36,  37,  49,  60 

Pannebacker,  Hendricks,  9,   10,   114 

Pannebecker,  Weygand,  221 

Pastorius,  9 

Pauli,  Rev.  Philip  R.,  261 

Penn  Germania,  41,  165 

Pennsylvania  Archives,  5,  22,  23, 
73,  96,  118,  136,  202,  234,  256 

Pennsylvania-German,  71,   163,  202 

Pennsylvanische  Berichte,  165 

Pennypacker,  Hendrick  Panneback- 
er, 114 

Pennypacker,   Germantozun,  9.   114 

Petter,  Jeorg,  25,  26 


Pfalzgraff,  Georg,  14 
Pfautz,  Hans  Michel,  24,  27 
Philadelphia,  30,  31,  39,  44,  45,  46, 

47,  49,  53,  54,  55,  62,  69,  74,  76, 

78,  no,  161,  169,  262 
Philadelphia,  Salem  Ch.,  263-265 
Pieterse,  Jacob,  9 
Pigeon  Hill,  265 
Pikeland,  270 
Pomp,  Rev.  Nicholas,  234,  241-248, 

250,  253,  261 
Pomp,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  245 
Pomp,  E-zviges  Evangelium,  247,  248 
Pomp,  Rev.  Thomas,  245 
Possart   (Bossart),  Jacob,   106 
Pottstown,  195 
Presbyterians,  74,   77,  79,   no,   in, 

120,  129 
Presbytery  of  Phila.,   10,  77,  112 
Providence,  194 

QUAKERS,  8,  28,  30,  38,  68,  ni 

RADNER,  Michael,   141 

Ranck,  Johan  Philip,  48 

Raudenbusch,  Peter,  14 

Reading,  200 

Records  of  Presb.  Ch.,  10,  77,  in 

Ref.  Church  Messenger,  20,  41,  82, 

84,  85,  155 
Ref.  Church  Revie-vj,  198 
Ref.  Church  Record,  84,  85 
Ref.  Quarterly  Revieiv,  10,  46,   53. 

54,  60 
ReiflF,  Conrad,  70 
Reiff,  George,  55,  58 
Reiff,  Jacob,  32,  44,  46-65,  121,  129, 

132,  161 
Reiff,  Johannes,  48 
Reiher,  Michael,   113,  144,  146,  147 
Reincke,  Register,  138 
Rembergh,  Dirk,  9,  10 
Rembergh,  Gertrude,  9 


488 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Rembergh,  Michael,  lo 

Rembergh,  William,  9,  10 

Rebenstock,  Johannes,  9,  10,  13 

Revenstock   (Rebenstock),  Sebille,  9 

Re.ver's  Church,  82 

Rheinlender,  Ph.  Jacob,  25,  26 

Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.,  158,  160 

Richards,  Prof.  Geo.  W.,  216,  254 

Ried,  Jacob,  237 

Ried,  Johan  Philip,  14,  58 

Rieger,  Rev.  John  B.,  30,  44,  52,  78, 

83,  116,   160 
Riess,    John    Jacob,    151,    194,   205- 

208 
Riser,  Ulrich,  172 
Rite,  Jacob,  172 

Rockaway,  N.  J.,  120,  230,  232,  233 
Rohrig,  Hans  W.,  54,  55,  70 
Roeller,  Rev.  Conrad,  241 
Ross,  George,  89 
Rosstown,  265 
Roth,  Daniel,  118 
Roth,  Falkner  Sivamp  Ch.  231 
Roudenbusch,  Michael,  269 
Rubel,  Rev.  John,  i68 
Rudi,  Hans  Ernst,  25,  27 
Rudi,  Johan  Diedrich,  25,  27 
Rundle,   Daniel,   165,   171,   184-189, 

207 
Rupp,  Hist,  of  Lane.  Co.,  38 
Rupp,    Immigrants,    13,     136,     151, 

208 
Rutschly,  Philip,  27 

SACHSE,  Sectarians,  41,  71,  72,  82 

Sahler,  Abraham,  14 

Sailer,  Hans  Ulrich,  164,  165 

Salem  Ch.,  Phila.,  263-265 

Salzburg,  Lehigh  Co.,  195,  228 

Samsel,  Paul,  173 

Samsel,  Peter,  173 

Saucon,  94,   117,   119,  127,   138,  249 

Saur,  Christopher,  165,  247 


Saur,  Pennsylv.  Berichte,   156,   163, 

165 
Schaeffer,  Wm.  J.,  222 
Schefcr,  Ludwig,  59 
Schellenberg,  Jacob,  io6 
Schellenberg,  Martin,  106 
Scherer,  Johannes,  73 
Schertlein,  Rev.  Jacob  Fred.,  210 
Scheuchzer,  Heinrich,   107 
Scheuler,  Jost,  58 
Schipbower,  Elizabeth,  9 
Schlatter,   Rev.    Michael,    119,    149, 

150,  151,  152,  i6r,  166,  168 
Schlatter's  Bibles,  168 
Schlatter's   Journal,    149,    150,    152, 

159,  1 60,  194 
Schmauk,  Hist,  of  Lxith.  Ch.,  85 
Schmid,  Jacob,  253 
Schmidt,  Bastian,  58 
Schmidt,  Christopher,  6,  55,  58 
Schmidt,  Jacob,  io6 
Schmidt,  John  H.,  73 
Schmidt,  Wilhelm,  59 
Schneider,  Christian,   144,  147,  161, 

174.  177,  178,  191 
Schneider,  Conrad,  144 
Schol,  Else,  9 
Scholl,  Frederick,  59 
Scholl,  Johannes,  58 
Scholl,  Peter,   172 
Schoolmasters,    119,    138,    167,    168, 

169,  227,  241,  252 
Schools,   171 

Schreiber,   Heinrich,   106 
Schumacher,  Rev.  Daniel,  210 
Schumacher,  Jerich,  24,  26 
Schultze,    Mrs.    Anna    Rosina,    164, 

165 
Schultze,  David,  115,  163,  171,  178, 

183,  184-192,  207,  217 
Schultze,  Guide,  138 
Schuyler,  Gabriel,  9,  12,   162 
Schwab,  Hans  Georg,  24,  26,  35,  81 


Index. 


489 


Schweikhardt,  Hans  Philip,  24,  27 

Schweitzer,  Lorentz,  58 

Seitz,  Johan  Peter,  24,  26 

Selle,  Maria,  9 

Scltenreich,  Leonhart,  24,   35 

Selzer,  Jacob,  48 

Senn,  Rev.  Jacob,  254,  257 

Shakahoppa,  6,  17 

Sheidt,  Christian,  240 

Siegvolck,  Paul,  247 

Sigmund,  Bernhard,  73 

Sippen,  Henry,  27 

Skippack,  6,  7,  12,  28,  30,  38,  39, 
46,  47,  50,  53,  54,  56,  57,  59,  60, 
64,  68,  74,  76,  87,  no,  116 

Smith,  Mennonites,  38 

Smith,  Sebastian,  24,  35 

Soller,  Philip  H.,  58 

South  Holland  Synod,  27,  29,  49,  50, 
59.  60,  65 

Spengler,  Hans  Caspar,  24,  26 

Spinner,  David,  253 

Spinner,  Ulrich,  173,  211 

Sprague,  Annals,  130 

Springfield,  119,  206,  249 

Sproegel,  John  Henry,  114,  115 

Sprogel,  Ludvvig  Christian,  115 

Sprogel,  widow,  45,   115 

Stadler,  John  Adam,  14 

Staels,  Caspar,  9,  10 

Steger,  Hans  Jerg,  14 

Steiner,  Rev.  John  Conrad,   168 

Steinmann,  Hans,  14,  117 

Stephan,  Ulrich,  25,  35,  58 

Stoever,  Rev.  Caspar,  86 

Stoudt,  Rev.  John  B.,  15,  198 

Straher's  Church,  265 

Streib,  David,  172 

Strohm,  Benedict,  14,  24,  35 

Stupp,  Frantz,  14 

Summe,  Isaac,  207 

Swatara,  156 

Synodical  Deputies,  29,  44,  52,  60,  62, 


93,   128,    13s,    139,   151,   159,    160, 
224,  231 

TANNENHAUSER,  221 

Taylor,  Annals,  130 

Tempelman,  Conrad,  35,  79,  80,  81, 

82,  83,  156 
Ten  Heuven,  Evert,  8,  9,  10 
Ten  Heuven,  Gerhart,  9,  10 
Ten  Heuven,  Herman,  9,  10 
Ten  Heuven,  Peter,  9,  10 
Tennent,  Rev.  Gilbert,  128,  129 
Thomas,  Leonhard,  186 
Tibben,  Henry,  9,  lo 
Tohickon,   206,   207,  227,  238,   239, 

254 
Transu,  Abraham,  14,  73 
Trappe,  261,  270 
Traxel,  Peter,  118 
Trexler,  Skizzen,  198 
Trumbauer's  Ch.,  220,  228,  239 
Tulpehocken,  80,  84,  85,  88,  93,  117, 

129,  i6i,  195 

UPPER  Milford,  195,  228,  271 
Union  Church,  254 

VAN  BASTEN,  John  H.,  135,  136 
Van    der    Sloot,    Rev.    F.    W.,    Sr., 

235-237 
Van  der  Sloot,  F.  W.,  Jr.,  258-266 
Vandersloot,    Lewis,    History,    236, 

259 
Van  Vlecq,  Rev.  Paulus,  8,  10,  12 
Vincent,  Chester  Co.,  194,  195,  234, 

245 
Vock,  Lewis  Ferdinand,  83 
Vogelle,  Hans  Jerg,  25,  26 
Von  Thierem,  Bernhard,  85 

WACK,  Rev.  Caspar,  227,  238,  257, 

260 
Wackerli,  Abraham,  107 


490 


Church  Records  of  Goshenhoppen 


Wagner,  Geschichte,  156 

Walbert,  Peter,  172 

Waldschmidt,  Rev.  John,  83,  168 

Walder,  Rudolf,  106 

Walter,   Christoph,   25,   27 

Weber,  Johannes,  58 

Weber,  Ludwig,  99,   105,   107 

Weber,  Peter,  174 

Weber,  Ilinckende  Bot,  99 

Weicker,  George,  15 

Weidman,  Abraham,  106 

Weidman,  Rudolf,  106 

Weimer,  Jacob,  155,  199 

Weinel,  Nicholas,  252,  257 

Weisenburg,  Church,  200,  209 

Weber,  Conrad,  89,  91 

Weiser,  Dr.  C.  Z.,  15,  271 

Weiser,  Monograph,  5,   6,   38,    114, 

ri8,  211,  215,  221,  239,  240,  242, 

250,  258,  262,  267,  271 
Weiss,   Mrs.   Anna,   158,    174,    180, 

181-183,  186,  191,  207 
Weiss,  Rev.  George  M.,  19-70,  76, 

79,  84,  121,  154,  158-192,  193.207 
Weiss,   Traveling  Preacher,  41,  42 
Weiss,  On  Indians,  43 
Weiss,  Johann  Ehrhardt,  207 
Weiss,  John  Michael,  21 
Weiss,  Nicolas,  20 
Weicker,  Hans  George,   14,  24,  27, 

35.  "7 
Wellecker,  Rudolf,  25,  26,  34 
Weller,  Hans  Heinrlch,  35,  55,  70 
Weller,  Hans  Martin,  25,  26 
Wentz,  Peter,  7,  58 
Wentz's  Church,  7 
Werns,  Conrad,  48,  81 
Wetzel,  Jacob,  172 
Weyberg,  Rev.  C.  D.,  217 
Whitemarsh,  7,  8,  9,  12,  13,  38,  39 


Wiant,  Jost,  253 
Wiant,  Wendel,  14,  48 
Wieser,  Mr.,  83 
Wigand,  John  Wm.,  167 
Wilhelmius,   Dr.   Johannes,   29,   32, 

46.  47,  48.  52,  56,  59,  68,  78,  103, 

105,  109,  120,   121,   122,  128,  129, 

131-133 
Willauer,  Adam,  174 
Willauer,  Christian,  172,  173 
WilJhe,  Johannes,   58 
Wirtz   (Wuertz),  Rev.  Conrad,  96, 

100,   loi,   103,   119,   120 
Wissler,  168 
Wittner,  Rev.  John  George,  82,  83, 

216 
Witpen   (Boehm's),  225,  247 
Wolff,  Hans  Jerg,  24,  26 
Worcester   (Wentz's  Ch.),  225 
Wiist,  Jacob,  107 
Wuertz,  see  Wirtz 
Wynckhaus,  Rev.  John  H.,  235 

YERCKES,  Anthoni,  9,  10 
Yodder,  Johannes,  9 
York,   120 

ZELLER,  Rev.  Daniel,  268 
Zeltenreich    (Seltenreich),  82 
Zenger,  Peter,  40 
Ziegel  Church,  199 
Ziegler,  Hans  Georg,  24,  27 
Ziewer,  Johann,   144 
Zigler,  Filib,  25,  26 
Zimmermann,  Conrad,  172 
Zimmermann,  Hans  Michel,  14,  27, 

35 
Zurich    Library,    97,    99,    104,    105, 
107,  230 


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